Unions send letter to Vice-President Biden
Friday, June 17, 2011(Council 26)
Seventeen
unions representing federal workers, including
AFSCME, have sent a letter to
Vice-President Biden who is currently
negotiating a deal on the debt
ceiling with a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
The unions have heard that
the group is very close to an agreement that
would significantly increase what
federal employees pay for their pensions –
essentially what amounts to almost a 6% pay
cut. They won’t tax the rich and big
corporations but they
will cut the pay of workers. The letter urges
the Vice-President to oppose this
proposal and “to publicly reject those
who express anti-government
hatred as a pretext for shifting money from the
hard-working middle class that
has endured the brunt of this terrible
recession, to the wealthy,
well-connected, powerful, and greedy investment
class that created it.” To
read
the letter, click
here.