WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
The largest federal employee union--the American Federation of
Government Employees--is urging Congress to oppose any additional cuts
to federal employee compensation during deliberations to address deficit
reduction.
"Federal employees and their families are the lone group of Americans
who have made sacrifices to deficit reduction," said AFGE Legislative
and Political Director Beth Moten, in a letter to Congress. "We have
suffered cuts worth more than $100 billion over 10 years, all of which
were made to reduce deficits.
"Federal employees have given up $60 billion (over 10 years) in the
unprecedented two-year pay freeze, and the 0.5 percent raise delayed to
April 2012 saves an additional $28 billion. That's a total of $88
billion," Moten added. "Adding the $15 billion in savings from the UI
bill's 2.3 percent tax increase on post-2012 hires brings the total
sacrifice by federal employees so far to $103 billion over 10 years.
"The federal workforce has done its part to address the budget deficit. I
strongly urge you to turn your attention to the federal contractors.
Although the actual size of the federal service contractor workforce is
unknown, we do know that it is immense," Moten said.
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