Tens of thousands of blue-collar federal employees are delayed in receiving their 2025 pay raise due to a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He ordered a review that led to the purging of the Pentagon's advisory committees, which are essential for implementing wage increases for these workers in the Federal Wage System. With the wage committee unable to meet as required by regulations, the pay increases in 87 of the 248 local wage areas affecting around 60,000 workers are stalled indefinitely.
They've essentially imposed a pay freeze on this segment of the federal workforce, and they've done it administratively and in contravention of what is legally required.
The wage committee, whose members are required by federal regulations to consist of three agency officials and two union leaders, has been unable to meet.
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