(November
29, 2010)
In
order to further improve the lines of communication and to respond to the
concerns between the National VA Council and you our members, I have
established a National VA Council Briefing. This NVAC Briefing will bring
you the latest news and developments within DVA and provide you with the
current status of issues this Council is currently addressing. I believe
that this NVAC Briefing will greatly enhance the way in which we communicate
and the way in which we share new information, keeping you better informed.
Alma
L. Lee
National
VA Council, President
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Pay
Freeze Proposal Amounts to Symbolic Gesture
WASHINGTON
– The American Federation of Government Employees today decried
President Obama’s proposal to freeze pay for federal civilian employees
in 2011 and 2012.
“This
proposal is a superficial panic reaction to the draconian cuts his deficit
commission will recommend,” stated AFGE National President John Gage.
“A federal pay freeze saves peanuts at best and, while he may mean it as
just a public relations gesture, this is no time for political
scapegoating. The American people didn’t vote to stick it to a VA
nursing assistant making $28,000 a year or a border patrol agent earning
$34,000 per year.
“President
Obama asks federal workers to share the sacrifice, but it’s
unconscionable for him to attack the wages of federal working people while
the millionaires and billionaires on Wall Street not only get their
bailouts and astronomical bonuses; they also get their tax cuts,”
concluded Gage.
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The
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal
employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and
the government of the District of Columbia.