In what world will republicans win another election😂
I typed a few paragraphs, if you subtract pay (which is beholden to congress, but I still think we could do more with contractually obligated raises) there are some QOL considerations to take into account.
Giving us a raise could also be in line with changing the law to raise the max cap. It could include all Federal Employees or even be specific to just ATSPP paybands. This is why fighting for more pay is still important. The cap itself needs to move up and we should not let the cap be a deterrent to higher pay. While we do have a contractual 1.6% "pay raise," the pay raise itself only falls in line with all other GS jobs that get a simliar raise every year. GS employees climb the steps yearly until they hit the top. It's no different then us rising within our respective payband until we hit the top.
Raises that keep pace with inflation. Social security, disability and other payments have been going up 9% the last couple years. Our raise was something like 3.8 and 4.2% in January. After adding the 1.6%, that still is not close.
CPI was 4.2% in April of 2021 (one month before extension). It appears “My bullshit allegation” is fact, and you’re too big of a NATCA blowhard to see they still should have negotiated for better pay and benefits regardless of inflation at the time because they would have negotiated with the self-proclaimed, “Most pro Union administration ever”. Don’t worrry though, with that 1.6% raise last pay period your real wage only went down ~3.5% this month!
The 2022 midterms?
I’m not defending the extension. (I did at the time). But your narrative is made up. Have you ever negotiated anything? No one works on the goal of an extension and then bails at the finish line cuz we just had a bad month. It’s revisionist history. Inflation was not a complaint in the moment. It didn’t hit the narrative until that summer. And man did it make the extension look worse.
There was just zero reason to extend the contract 18 months before it expired. Then they say bs like it would have cost a million dollars to negotiate. Then they all fly to Florida and Hawaii and eat steak
FDIC and SEC paybands go up to $275,000 and many employees at HHS Agencies go well above (not just Dr.’s either) the federal cap. These people could obviously leave federal employment for more lucrative jobs in the private sector but I would argue with recent pay raises at the airlines, a lot of controllers who have flying experience could do the same.
Sure. But it wasn’t inflation. Also the cost to negotiate a new contract isn’t bs. It’s a lot.
Very true
The government and the fed teamed up to drop money from helicopters in the streets of America while simultaneously telling everyone to stay home and not produce goods and services to stop the spread. It was very obvious to anyone who understood economics that prices would rise dramatically. It started with Trump and all the terrible fraud filled programs of the early pandemic (PPP, enhanced unemployment benefits, eviction moratorium, student loan payment moratorium, stimmies) and was exasperated by the Biden admins continuation/expansion of the programs. The resulting inflation was inevitable and if those in charge of negotiating on our behalf couldn't see it unfolding, maybe we need smarter people doing the negotiating.
Bruhv we literally pay dues for the primary function of negotiating a contract. Collective bargaining is what a union is for. The other stuff is important but it’s less important. Holding the convention on zoom. They vote down every fucking amendment anyways.
Oh yah cus Pete would just be like well the huge piece of shit said so. Come on man. Natca is so bad at getting our message out.
