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TAKE ACTION – Help Protect TSO Pay and Rights Make your voice heard and tell your elected officials to cosponsor the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act! This legislation will lock in our hard fought gains in pay and rights and give us full Title 5 rights like the majority of federal employees. This legislation would move TSOs to the General Sched...

March News Letter is published

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7.4% Pay Raise Next Year.
Federal employees earn 27.5% less on average than they would doing the same jobs in the private sector – and that situation has been getting worse for years. That’s why AFGE supports legislation introduced last week that would help close the pay gap between the federal and private sectors by providing federal employees with a 7.4% pay raise next year.

The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act, or FAIR Act, was introduced by Representative Gerry Connolly of Virginia and Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii.

“The government will never be able to dig itself out of this hole without meaningful pay raises that not only keep pace with rising costs of living but begin to narrow the pay gap,” said AFGE National President Everett Kelley.

Congress in 1990 passed the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA) to close the pay gap between federal workers and their non-federal counterparts. Government workers should be paid about the same as those doing similar work locally in the private sector.

But successive administrations and Congresses have failed to adhere to the principle, causing federal workers’ pay to lag behind what their counterparts are paid in the private sector and state and local government. As a result, today’s pay gap is 27.5%, higher than 25% when FEPCA was created.

Unless Congress increases federal pay substantially, federal agencies will continue struggling to recruit and retain employees who can earn far larger salaries outside the government.

AFGE thanks Rep. Connolly and Sen. Schatz for introducing this critical legislation. We encourage lawmakers to show their support for the federal employees who keep our government running by cosponsoring the FAIR Act and working to ensure its passage.

https://www.afge.org/publication/afge-urges-congress-to-address-doubledigit-federal-pay-gap-by-passing-the-fair-act/

AFGE Urges Congress to Address Double-Digit Federal Pay Gap by Passing the FAIR Act The American Federation of Government Employees wholeheartedly supports legislation introduced today that would help close the double-digit pay gap between the federal and private sectors by providing federal employees with a 7.4% pay raise next year.

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Leadership training (MSPB) Vegas December 2023

https://www.afge.org/article/congress-votes-to-keep-government-open-through-1st-week-of-march/

Congress Votes to Keep Government Open Through 1st Week of March Congress has passed another short-term funding measure that prevents a partial government shutdown over the weekend.

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The next potental Shut Down is approching, Make sure to send in your letters to congress to Stop the Shut Down and to PASS H.R. 3394 Fund The TSA Act.

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Late Last night a 45 Day Continuous Resolution WAS PASSED by the Senate. We must continue to fight so that this DOES NOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. Please get as many people as you can to scan the flyer and fill out the form to send to congress to back our bill to protect our pay.

https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/government-shutdown-could-create-turbulence-for-tsa-workers/

Government shutdown could create turbulence for TSA workers With a government shutdown looming, employees with the Transportation Security Administration will have to work without getting paid.