Sunday, November 18, 2012

AFGE to Congress: Oppose Any Cuts to Federal Employee Compensation

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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