WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues to introduce legislation that would provide federal employees with a 4.1 percent pay increase in calendar year 2027.
"The work that federal employees do day-in and day-out keeps Americans safer and healthier," Wyden said. "These workers have dedicated their lives to public service, but are shortchanged far too often. The FAIR Act would do just what its title says - ensure hard-working public employees in Oregon and across the nation are paid fairly. "
For more than a decade, federal employees have endured government shutdowns, pay freezes, hiring freezes, and lost pay as a result of sequestration-rel...