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President has decided not to submit an "alternative plan" on Federal Pay [Notice to Press]
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Digitized from Box 30 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
AUGUST 31, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President has decided not to submit, an "alternative plan" on Federal Pay.
The President will make the decision on federal pay prior to October 1. There
were three recommendations including:
A. The recommendation of the "Pay Agent" the Director of OMB
and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, which calls
for an average increase of 4. 83%.
B. The recommendation is that of the Federal Employees Pay Council --
made up of a group of union leaders, which would permit an across-
the-board pay increase of 8.2%;
C. The recommendation of the President's Advisory Committee on
Federal Pay -- a committee of pay experts from the private sector,
which has not been made public.
A total of 1.9 million white collar workers and approximately 2 million military
personnel will be covered by the President's decision. Blue collar workers have
their pay established by a separate system.
The 4. 83% pay hike recommended by the Pay Agent would cost about $2. 5 billion,
$160 million more than currently provided in the Budget. The 8.2% pay hike
recommended by the Federal Employees Pay Council would cost $1. 5 billion more.
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