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House Passes Raise For Federal Workers
Source: Christopher Lee, Washington Post
Date: September 10, 2003
The House yesterday approved a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees and
killed new rules designed to speed Bush administration efforts to require federal workers to compete with the
private sector for their jobs. The proposed raise, included in the $89.3 billion Transportation/Treasury
appropriations bill the House approved 381 to 39 yesterday, rejects a two-tiered plan by President Bush that
would give an increase of 4.1 percent to the military but 2 percent to civilian employees. Lawmakers argued
that Congress should uphold the tradition of "pay parity" and grant equivalent increases in base pay to the
military and the civil service.
Top Positions May Lose Ironclad Job Protection
Source: Charles J. Dean, Birmingham News
Date: July 24, 2003
Birmingham schools interim Superintendent Wayman Shiver Jr. wishes
for a lot of reasons that Gov. Bob Riley's $1.2 billion per year tax and accountability plan had gone into
effect long ago. If it had, Shiver figures Birmingham schools would have been able to save big bucks in either
cutting the salaries of dozens of assistant principals, supervisors and administrators, or in firing some
highly paid employees as he struggled this year to cut the system's $30 million budget.
But Shiver could
not cut the salaries of supervisors, assistant principals and other administrators because most of them have
tenure. Any attempt to cut their pay or fire them could have resulted in expensive lawsuits, costing the
district more money than it might have saved, he said.
