This is from my Federal Daily for Federal and Postal Employees - What do you think?
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Hi, Joe, I found the article about government employees being better educated, more experienced, etc. Of course, a new one received today is the Government training their applicants to their executive positions and payment for one course exceeds regular tuition. Seems Harvard and other schools have learned that the Government will pay the bill no matter how much they increase the cost for the government. Doesn's sound very well educated or experienced to me. Hope you are doing well and had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
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Federal Daily - April 6, 2010
Over the last few months, feds have had endure several rounds of charges—from media, lawmakers and others—that they are grossly overpaid compared with the average American worker.
The fact that federal employees on average are more educated and more experienced in their jobs than private-sector workers—and the fact that the average federal job is a higher-level job than the average private-sector job—does not seem to discourage critics from propagating the myth of the “overpaid federal worker.”
Some within the federal community say that government workers, with their steady jobs and decent benefits, simply make a handy scapegoat during a recession.
If that’s true, such finger-pointing is not just a U.S. phenomenon.
In an opinion piece on the Web site of Canada’s Troy Media, Ben Eisen, a policy analyst for a Winnepeg-based think tank called the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, congratulates some Canadian policymakers for recognizing a “major long-term threat to Canada’s fiscal health at the federal and provincial level.”
And that threat is: “the rapidly escalating pay levels of public servants.”
Eisen, who takes a broad swipe at the rising salaries of all government employees—municipal, provincial and federal—credits government managers who “have correctly identified slowing the growth of public sector wages as an important and necessary cost-control measure.”
You can find more about those overpaid federal workers north of the border at: www.troymedia.com/?p=9663.
Amid competition to be the sole representative of the nation’s Transportation Security Officers, the National Treasury Employees Union has formed a new statewide chapter in Oregon that covers several facilities, including Portland International Airport.
The new NTEU Transportation Security Administration Chapter 333 (TSA Oregon) provides representation to TSA employees at Portland International, as well as at airports in Eugene, Bend, North Bend, Klamath Falls, Medford and Rogue Valley, the union said in an April 1 statement.
NTEU also represents federal employees in Oregon though local chapters serving employees of the IRS and Custom and Border Protection.
Both NTEU and the American Federation of Government Employees have filed petitions with the Federal Labor Relations Authority to hold an election to become the sole representative of TSOs nationwide.
To see more, go to: www.nteu.org/PressKits/PressRelease/PressRelease.aspx?ID=1546.
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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:34:26 +0000 (UTC) From Financial Planning & Retirement Jobs & Careers Labor & Management Pay & Be= nefits Policies & Practices U.S. Postal Service Directory of Financial Ser= vices Legal Services Directory Military Workplace Technology Events & Conf= erences Our Marketplace Advertise With Us=20 Invite A Friend Banner02 Federal Soup =20 previous posting=20 next posting=20 monthly archive Federal Daily - April 6, 2010=20 =E2=80=A2 O Canada, Land of Overpaid Feds=20 =E2=80=A2 Union Enrolls Oregon TSOs=20 O Canada, Land of Overpaid Feds=20 Over the last few months, feds have had endure several rounds of charges= =E2=80=94from media, lawmakers and others=E2=80=94that they are grossly ov= erpaid compared with the average American worker.=20 The fact that federal employees on average are more educated and more expe= rienced in their jobs than private-sector workers=E2=80=94and the fact tha= t the average federal job is a higher-level job than the average private-s= ector job=E2=80=94does not seem to discourage critics from propagating the= myth of the =E2=80=9Coverpaid federal worker.=E2=80=9D=20 Some within the federal community say that government workers, with their= steady jobs and decent benefits, simply make a handy scapegoat during a= recession.=20 If that=E2=80=99s true, such finger-pointing is not just a U.S. phenomenon= .=20 In an opinion piece on the Web site of Canada=E2=80=99s Troy Media, Ben Ei= sen, a policy analyst for a Winnepeg-based think tank called the Frontier= Centre for Public Policy, congratulates some Canadian policymakers for re= cognizing a =E2=80=9Cmajor long-term threat to Canada=E2=80=99s fiscal hea= lth at the federal and provincial level.=E2=80=9D=20 And that threat is: =E2=80=9Cthe rapidly escalating pay levels of public= servants.=E2=80=9D=20 Eisen, who takes a broad swipe at the rising salaries of all government em= ployees=E2=80=94municipal, provincial and federal=E2=80=94credits governme= nt managers who =E2=80=9Chave correctly identified slowing the growth of= public sector wages as an important and necessary cost-control measure.= =E2=80=9D=20 You can find more about those overpaid federal workers north of the border= at: www.troymedia.com/?p=3D9663 .=20 :: Back to Top ::=20 Union Enrolls Oregon TSOs=20 Amid competition to be the sole representative of the nation=E2=80=99s Tra= nsportation Security Officers, the National Treasury Employees Union has= formed a new statewide chapter in Oregon that covers several facilities,= including Portland International Airport.=20 The new NTEU Transportation Security Administration Chapter 333 (TSA Orego= n) provides representation to TSA employees at Portland International, as= well as at airports in Eugene, Bend, North Bend, Klamath Falls, Medford= and Rogue Valley, the union said in an April 1 statement.=20 NTEU also represents federal employees in Oregon though local chapters ser= ving employees of the IRS and Custom and Border Protection.=20 Both NTEU and the American Federation of Government Employees have filed= petitions with the Federal Labor Relations Authority to hold an election= to become the sole representative of TSOs nationwide.=20 To see more, go to: www.nteu.org/PressKits/PressRelease/PressRelease.aspx?= ID=3D1546 .=20 :: Back to Top ::
