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Obama proposes two-year pay freeze for federal workers

Publié par Clifford Armion le 30/11/2010

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Christi Parsons and Lisa Mascaro

"WASHINGTON President Obama announced Monday that he wants to freeze pay for federal employees for the next two years, a move his team says would save more than $5 billion through 2012. ""The hard truth is, getting this budget under control is going to require some broad sacrifice, and that sacrifice must be shared by employees of the federal government," the president said. "After all, small businesses and families are tightening their belts.... Their government should, too." "The freeze would not apply to military personnel but to all other civilian employees on the federal payroll. Congress would have to approve the proposal in order for it to take effect." Read on...
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"Obama proposes two-year pay freeze for federal workers", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2010. Consulté le 20/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/obama-proposes-two-year-pay-freeze-for-federal-workers