Hoyer Joins Effort to Hike Federal Workers’ Pay 5.3%
Hoyer Joins Rep. Gerry Connolly, 31 Other Members of Congress to Reintroduce the FAIR Act
The updated legislation addressing the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates would provide federal workforce a 5.3 percent pay raise. Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and 31 cosponsors introducing legislation in the House to provide a 3.9 percent raise to federal workers plus 1.4 percent in lost locality pay.
The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act would provide the pay hike to all federal employees, including locality pay, in 2017.
Rep. Connolly introduced similar legislation last year that would have provided federal employees a 3.8 percent pay increase for fiscal year 2016. The updated FAIR Act would ensure that federal employees serving across the country, in all 50 states and on behalf of constituents residing in every congressional district, earn a pay increase of 3.9 percent, plus a competitive locality pay adjustment of 1.4 percent for fiscal 2017, beginning July 1, 2016.
“I am proud to represent 62,000 federal workers who reside in Maryland’s Fifth District,” Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) said. “Our federal employees have faced furloughs and uncertainty because of a government shutdown, and they have contributed $138 billion toward deficit reduction. These employees deserve to be compensated fairly for the critical work they perform every day for our country. They deserve our gratitude, and I will continue to work on their behalf to make sure federal employees get the pay and benefits they have earned.”
Original cosponsors of the bill are: Rep. Hoyer, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Rep. Donna F. Edwards, Rep. John P. Sarbanes, Rep. John K. Delaney, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Rep. James P. McGovern, Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, Rep. Matt Cartwright, Rep. Keith Ellison, Rep. Mark Takano, Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Madeleine Bordallo, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Katherine Clark, Rep. Brendan F. Boyle, Rep. Joyce Beatty, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Rep. Jerrold Nalder, Rep. Bill Keating, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Brenda Lawrence, Rep. John Yarmuth, and Rep. Danny Davis.
The FAIR Act has been endorsed by the Federal-Postal Coalition, comprised of 31 national organizations representing 5 million federal and postal workers and retirees: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE); American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME); American Foreign Service Association (AFSA); American Postal Workers Union (APWU); FAA Managers Association (FAAMA); Federal Managers Association (FMA); Federally Employed Women (FEW); International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF); International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW); International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE); Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA); National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE); National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA); National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA); National Association of Federal Veterinarians (NAFV); National Association of Government Employees (NAGE); National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC); National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS); National Association of Postmasters of the U.S.(NAPUS); National Council of Social Security Management Associations (NCSSMA); National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE); National League of Postmasters (NLP); National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU); National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRCLA); National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU); National Weather Service Employees Organization (NWSEO); Organization of Professional Employees of the USDA (OPEDA); Patent Office Professional Association (POPA); Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS); Professional Managers Association (PMA); and Senior Executives Association (SEA).
A pdf of the legislation can be found here.
For more information about House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer, visit his Leader Page.
