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In deficit talks, fed groups fear alternatives could cut benefits
Many in government are worried about the threat of sequestration, the across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect in January unless Congress and the White come up with an alternative deficit-cutting plan. But federal employee groups and sympathetic lawmakers are also concerned about such alternatives -- if they contain changes to federal employee pay or compensation. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and a slate of federal-employee unions and groups are warning of such proposals in the deficit talks to replace sequestration.
Tags: Congress , sequestration , fiscal cliff , pay and benefits , Chris Van Hollen , Jessica Klement , NARFE , Bruce Moyer , retirement contribution
Supercommittee given recommendations on federal pay, benefits
It seems everyone would like to bend the ear of the 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Tags: pay and benefits , workforce , supercommittee , Congress , Ron Johnson , budget , Jack Moore
Unions once again urge supercommittee to save feds' pay, benefits
Lawmakers charged with reducing the federal deficit should look to contractors' compensation rather than reduce government workers' pay and benefits, a coalition of federal unions and management associations wrote in a letter to supercommittee leaders.
Tags: Susan Collins , Joe Lieberman , pay and benefits , supercommittee , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Congress , budget , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , Emily Kopp , deficit , hiring , workforce
Feds have sacrificed enough, federal groups tell supercommittee
Postal workers and federal employees groups are urging the "supercommittee" to reject President Barack Obama's proposed increase in employee retirement contributions and support his cap on contractors' salaries. The Federal-Postal Coalition also wants lawmakers to preserve Saturday mail delivery, despite USPS' wishes.
Tags: unions , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , Barack Obama , workforce , pay and benefits , supercommittee , USPS , Emily Kopp
Federal-Postal Coalition warns against pay, benefits cuts
The Federal-Postal Coalition that represents 4.6 million government workers is urging President Barack Obama to preserve federal employees' pay and benefits when he sends his budget-reduction plan to Congress Monday. Coalition members fear lawmakers' drive to find funding cuts could harm federal employees.
Tags: budget , professional managers association , thomas burger , pay and benefits , Senior Executives Association , jenny mattingly , National Treasury Employees Union , Colleen Kelley , Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association , John Adler , House Appropriations Committee , continuing resolution , Emily Kopp
Share-the-pain list out today
According to certain twisted history buffs, somebody in April, 1865, asked Mrs. Abraham Lincoln how the liked the play at Ford's Theater. Federal workers may appreciate the irony of that sick joke later on today, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: super committee , Mike Causey , Federal Report , COLA , pay and benefits , retirement , workforce , Congress
Federal worker, retiree orgs 'haven't heard a thing' on debt limit
Bruce Moyer, spokesman for the Federal-Postal Coalition, joined Your Turn with Mike Causey to discuss the group's efforts to learn information about what a government default would mean for federal employees. The coalition, made up of scores of federal groups, sent a letter to administration officials last week seeking information about a possible shutdown, federal furloughs and the impact of a default on the assets of the G Fund of the Federal Employees' Retirement System.
Tags: Your Turn , Mike Causey , pay and benefits , G Fund , debt limit , Bruce Moyer , Jack Moore
Unions demand to know debt ceiling impact on feds
A coalition of 21 groups representing five-million federal employees and retirees wrote a letter to OMB and Treasury asking for information about what happens to federal workers if the debt ceiling isn't raised. NTEU is planning a rally in New York to oppose proposed cuts to federal employees pay and benefits.
Tags: debt ceiling , OMB , Treasury Department , Timothy Geithner , federal unions , National Treasury Employees Union , pay and benefits , Jack Lew , Emily Kopp , Jacob Lew
Unions urge Congress to reject pension contribution hike
A coalition of unions and federal employee groups are urging lawmakers to reject cost-cutting proposals that harm federal pay and benefits.
Tags: pay and benefits , retirement , Congress , Barack Obama , federal unions , budget , debt reduction , pension , Jolie Lee
