To Help Close Pay Gap, Feds Need 7.4% Pay Raise Next Year
February 05, 2024
AFGE supports legislation introduced last week that would help close the pay gap between the federal and private sectors.
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AFGE-Backed Locality Pay Bump for 32,900 Federal Workers Closer to Reality
July 03, 2023
Federal employees working in Fresno, Calif., Reno, Nev., Rochester, New York, and Spokane, Wash. are slated to get a locality pay raise next year.
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AFGE Applauds White House’s 5.2% Pay Raise for Feds But Seeks 8.7%
March 13, 2023
AFGE commends President Biden for proposing a 5.2% pay increase for federal workers next year but insists more needs to be done to keep up with inflation and address the double-digit pay gap between public and private sectors.
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AFGE Continues to Fight for Significant Increases in Pay for Feds
September 06, 2022
Federal workers are still underpaid compared with their counterparts in the private sector doing the same jobs. Last year, they made 22.47% less.
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AFGE Pushing for Locality Pay for Thousands of Federal Workers in These Areas
August 15, 2022
AFGE is urging the Biden administration to adopt the Federal Salary Council’s pro-labor recommendations that would increase pay for tens of thousands of federal employees who last year made 22.47% less than their private sector counterparts.
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AFGE Renews Push for Fair Compensation for Feds
March 28, 2022
AFGE is asking the administration and Congress to compensate federal workers fairly.
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AFGE Continues to Push for 5.1% Pay Raise for Feds in 2023
February 14, 2022
AFGE is calling on the White House and Congress to give federal workers a 5.1% pay increase in 2023 as called for in a bill recently introduced in Congress.
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Biden Increases Minimum Wage for Federal Workers to $15/Hour
January 24, 2022
The Biden administration has directed its agencies to increase the minimum wage for federal employees to $15 an hour.
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AFGE Seeks 5.1% Pay Raise for Feds in 2023
January 18, 2022
Passing this legislation will show federal workers how much they are valued and respected for the work they do.
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Employees at Two Understaffed BOP Prisons Are Getting a Pay Boost, Thanks to AFGE Local Leadership
January 10, 2022
Two facilities will be getting a pay boost to help keep the severely understaffed prisons from losing even more employees.
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AFGE Continues Aggressive Push for Larger Raise for Feds
June 07, 2021
AFGE calls on the president and Congress to increase pay raise to 3.2% to compensate for losses over the past decade.
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AFGE Pushes for Equal Locality Pay for Salaried, Hourly Workers
May 17, 2021
Legislation to address the pay disparity was introduced both in the House and Senate on May 11 by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) and Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.).
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No, the Federal Pay Systems Are Not Broken
March 22, 2021
The federal pay systems have an excellent structure. They just need to be adequately funded because federal workers deserve to be paid fairly.
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Pay Gaps. COVID. Furloughs. Shutdowns. It’s Time Feds Receive a 3.2% Raise
March 08, 2021
AFGE supports the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act.
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AFGE Continues Aggressive Fight for Hazard Pay for Feds
February 22, 2021
AFGE opposes motion to dismiss hazard pay lawsuit.
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