Unions heighten calls for a bigger federal pay boost next year

About this episode

Federal unions are pushing for a pay raise for federal employees to match military members, warning that not doing so would be detrimental.

Federal unions are advocating for pay raise parity between civilian and military members next year. They say not providing federal employees with a raise in 2027 would be “disastrous.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• federal pay
• unions
• civilian and military parity

Keywords

• federal employees
• pay raise
• 2027

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