Trump issues executive order freezing federal workers' pay in 2019

[yuiyoshida]

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday freezing federal workers' pay for 2019, following through on a proposal he announced earlier in the year.

The move, which nixes a 2.1% across-the-board pay raise that was set to take effect in January, comes as hundreds of thousands of federal employees are expecting to begin the new year furloughed or working without pay because of a partial government shutdown.

Trump told lawmakers he planned to scrap the 2019 pay bump for federal workers in August, saying the federal budget couldn't support it. In addition to the 2.1% pay increase, the executive order also cancels a yearly adjustment of paychecks based on the region of the country where workers are posted, called the "locality pay increase," that was due to take effect in January.

The move does not affect a 2.6% pay increase for US troops next year that was passed as part of the massive defense spending bill Trump signed in August.

Lawmakers could include a pay raise for 2019 in a spending bill to reopen the government, but negotiations have been at an impasse over money for Trump's border wall.

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/29/politics/trump-executive-order-federal-workers-pay-freeze/index.html

[at140]

1. Does that freeze Social Security payments as well?

I don't think so, because they are paid by the federal gov't but are not "federal workers".

[doc03]

2. What an asshole

[yuiyoshida]

4. Boy...

Howdy!

[brush]

3. He keeps piling up enemies. The dummy doesn't know repugs work for...

the government too.

[democratisphere]

5. Military Industrial Complex and the wealthiest need MORE

at the expense of everyone else! WTF!

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Is that because he thinks they're mostly Democrats?

[BigmanPigman]

7. When I worked for the city as a teacher our salaries were frozen for 5 years

and that includes COLA. This was during the Bush/Obama years due to the bad economy. This effected everyone's retirement too since it is based on the highest pay of the last 3 years worked. Local govt employees are often screwed but no one ever hears of it.

[Cold War Spook]

8. And at the VA CBOC,

some of the vets were saying what a great president he is because the military are getting a 10% raise and it is the first raise in 10 years. I told them to go on line to a military pay site and they could see for themselves that both are lies. Or they could just go on base and ask a Marine.