President orders federal employee pay freeze; does not impact Letter Carriers.

In a letter today, President Trump announced he would rescind a scheduled pay increase for federal employees in 2019. This announcement, just days before Labor Day, goes against the planned 1.9 percent pay raise in the Senate’s fiscal year 2019 (FY19) Financial Services and General Government spending bill (S 3107), released weeks ago. It should be noted that this federal employee pay freeze does not impact letter carriers.

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