Kelley Applauds Inclusion of Pay Parity In White House 2011 Budget Blueprint

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NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley applauded the proposal in the White House fiscal 2011 budget blueprint for a return to parity in pay raises for the government’s civilian workforce and members of the military.

“Parity in pay raises has been an important tenet of federal pay policy for most of the past two decades,” said President Kelley. “The administration earlier said it would return to pay parity after moving away from it for the 2010 raise. I am glad to see its adherence to the commitment.”

As to the blueprint’s proposal for a 1.4 percent pay raise for the civilian workforce and members of the military, the NTEU leader noted it is very low. The figure represents the growth in private sector wages and salaries, as measured by the Employment Cost Index, which is the reference point for the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA).

That bipartisan 1990 law, which became effective in 1994, was designed to close, in stages, the gap between public and private sector pay. It has not, however, been implemented as intended, and the gap, as measured by the Federal Salary Council, now stands at 26 percent in favor of the private sector.

President Kelley said continuing progress has to be made in closing that gap if federal agencies are to compete effectively for the quality personnel they need. More

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