It is not really a raise, but just a return on what was taken away from us last year during the covid “crises”.
If anything, a 2.5 % was handed out, which does not match up to the cost of living.
Bottom line, no raise.
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The PLP days went away that gave back the 7.5% cut back to June 30, 2020 pay.
Got the July 1 2020 & July 1, 2021 rsises totalling 4.4%
Start paying back into retirement medical OBED 4.4%
But we kept the 53hr OT clock.
Oh yeah, the contract also expired & is in negotiations
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But how much will my seasonal time be worth?
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I know folks that would like to do that. I wish my dispatch(secondary 30 to life VS 20 to life) time could be accounted for similarly.
There will be 2 sessions one tommorow and another next Wednesday, 48 fire management employees (engines, crews, air ops)will try and hash out what we belive is fair and then have the opportunity to talk this through with leadership.
This is happining at the WO level and is being facilitated by Deputy Director of Fire and Avation. This is rubber meets the road and in more than 20 years of fighting for our fire employees we might affect positive change.
We need to try and stay positive, focused and think more about the people that will be around to replace us. We are America’s largest fire department and its time our leaders treat us as such.
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Hey Shrek, far from negative. R5 WG(dozer operators) folks get forgotten. Staying positive.
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Nice job state!
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Shrek, what do you know? Splain?
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That’s false though, as a WG in so cal a stepped out WG it’s roughly equivalent to GS 8
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Everyone needs to bring effort to the table. Some of you’re out there doing important mid and high level staff work. Many are making sure you’re heard in some smaller degree. Both are equally important.
Keep hammering.
Recommend we stay focused on the three pillars. However that’s just how I see it. You all have great ideas as well.
The White House and agencies announcement is not enough to stop the bleed.
Don’t let up.
@latimes
@nytimes
@R5_Fire_News
@POTUS
@VP
@PressSec
@SecVilsack
@SecDebHaaland
@usfs_r5
@SenFeinstein
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CA SNF announced “All Suppression, Prevention and Detection Personnel are on 24 Hour Staffing Pattern”
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Normal ops for the ANF, CNF, BDF
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Both are examples of ordered stand by. Chp 10-10 of the IIBMH
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Your actions this week will raise the annual base salary for many entry-level Forest Service firefighters from $28,078 to $31,200. But that remains significantly lower than the $58,668 entry-level base salary for a Cal Fire firefighter.
Citing yearly wages based upon significant differences in base hours worked is fodder for those who would like to prevent this. There is more than ample reasoning to increase the hourly rate for FS fire line employees. Don’t need to gin it up with non comparative data points.
Using apples to oranges comparisons hurts oranges when they advocate for increasing their compensation. (No insult intended to apples).
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Agreed! Talk about us is better than no talk! Keep on the grind. Keep the pressure on them. Spread the word
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Promise me you all will make sure the congressman is educated on the skill set required to be a Wildland Firefighter.
Typical Q’er. @RepMcClintock
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U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, whose Congressional District Four includes the Mother Lode and all of the 1,400-square-mile Stanislaus National Forest, placed the blame largely on enhanced unemployment benefits as part of a COVID-19 relief package that he opposed.
What a dou…In his eyes, everything has been hunky dory with retention and other issues in the USFS up until this year. MHB, unfortunately the only way you’ll educate this type of representative is at the ballot box. I’m not up on all the requirements of a hotshot crew, but without their skill to make appropriate decisions you can easily wind up with hurt or dead firefighters. Sorry for the rant…
- Skilled labor refers to highly trained, educated, or experienced segments of the workforce that can complete more complex mental or physical tasks on the job.
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What a Tool he can be! This is not the first time he has shot off his pie hole. I live in his district, will fire off an email to his office. Just shows you how out of touch they really are. And he should know better having had some large damaging fires in his district. This type of attitude does not sit well with me at all. Red, Green or LG this is a slap in the FACE.
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I also live in his district as do a lot of FFs, but he doesn’t LOL
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