Federal Pay Update: House Approves Two-Year Federal Pay Freeze
Thursday, December 9, 2010(National Federation of Federal Employees)
Last
night, in its appropriations measure to fund
the government for FY 11, Congress voted in
favor of a two-year federal pay freeze. The
measure, identical to the version proposed by
the White House last week, will freeze federal
pay for two years government-wide. The pay
freeze will now be considered in the Senate,
where appropriators are currently working out
budget details for their version. A vote on the
Senate package is expected sometime next
week.
Though
the freeze is growing closer and closer to a
reality, there is still time to convince your
elected officials that this is a poor and
misguided policy. Both Houses of Congress will
have to come to agreement on a bill before they
send the final version to the President’s desk.
In the mean time, we must continue to fight
back against this pay freeze.
As NFFE
reported on last week, a two-year freeze on pay
will hurt federal worker’s bottom lines,
diminish their retirement annuities, and make
it harder for the government to recruit and
retain top talent at agencies providing vital
services to the American people.
To learn
more about what you can do to fight the freeze,
click here.