Feds Under Fire: Trump Budget Policy Hits Hard for No Reason
Wednesday, February 14, 2018(National Federation of Federal Employees)
The President’s FY19 budget proposes dismantling much of the financial and employment security that federal employees fought for over the past 100 years. The release of the budget language on Tuesday begins a fierce campaign by federal unions and good government coalition partners to fight the harmful and groundless recommendations from the Trump administration to decimate the federal workforce and politicize the executive branch.
“What this administration proposes
is stunning but I’m not surprised,” stated
NFFE national president Randy Erwin.
“This proposal is a little bit of NSPS 2.0
and a lot of misguided and irresponsible
ideology. It is very clear that this
White House has no idea on how to run the
federal workforce nor do they care about the
financial wellness of working Americans.
They have declared war on the federal worker
and we will answer the call to fight in
force.”
Some of the
most egregious points in the budget proposal
include: a pay freeze for 2019, an increase in
employee pension contributions as much as 5.4%
of salary without a pension increase, a cut in
pension earnings by replacing the ‘high-3’
calculation with the ‘high-5’, a study that
could elimination of the FERS defined benefit
(pension) for new hires, a lower G-Fund return
in the TSP, elimination of COLA for active and
retired employees, doubling the time to receive
a STEP increase, combining sick and vacation
time and reducing both, install
pay-for-performance, and eliminate the Social
Security supplement.
The full
budget can be found
here with the administration’s analytical
perspectives of the federal employee pay
and benefit cut proposals starting on page
65.
NFFE is fully
engaged with Congress and our coalition
partners to stop these offensive initiatives
against federal workers. You can help by
organize your bargaining unit now! There
is strength in numbers!