FAIR Act

Could be the 8.7% FAIR Act promises less than meets the eye

Federal employees like the idea of a solid pay boost, but some are skeptical of its chances, or what it will deliver it it does get passed.

Tom Temin Commentary

NTEU prioritizes bills to expand federal pay, benefits, but anticipates challenges ahead in Congress

Congress

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Congress is on recess this week, so nothing too bad can happen

Congress

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) at FAIR Act rally

Working for a living is hard, but have a little perspective

Tom Temin Commentary

Drew Friedman, Federal News Network

Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

Unions

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Union leaders, lawmakers call for expanded pay, benefits for federal workforce

Congress

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Pay

Members of Congress hoping to secure higher pay raise for federal employees next year

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, a Microsoft computer is among items displayed at a Microsoft store in suburban Boston. Microsoft says the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and are have been relentlessly targeting cloud service resellers and others since summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

GAO: Agencies had trouble dealing with major cyber incidents in 2020

Federal Newscast

Democratic lawmakers propose 5.1% average pay raise for federal employees

Pay

Patrick Leahy, Brian Schatz, Chuck Schumer

Senator trying to give federal employees a raise — again

Federal Newscast

Last month’s spending cap deal brings more certainty to March 23 shutdown showdown

Lawmakers have spent the last four weeks finalizing appropriations for fiscal 2018, with the intent of packaging all 12 spending bills into one omnibus.

Workforce

‘The survival of our union is at stake,’ AFGE warns members

Members of the American Federation of Government Employees took to Capitol Hill this week, to rally against the proposed pay freeze and cuts included in…

Unions

Lawmakers seek 3 percent pay raise for federal employees in 2019

Pay

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have reintroduced the FAIR Act, which would give federal employees a 3 percent pay raise for 2019.