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Idaho’s wildland firefighters are facing a pay cliff. Fix it before fire season hits | Opinion
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThere are few jobs more important to Idaho than those of wildland firefighters. The work is...
Wildland Firefighters Will Face Massive Pay Cuts Unless Congress Intervenes
Outside via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis article originally appeared on Outside On November 17, the U.S. Government will shut down,...
US wildland firefighter pay threatened by Republican feud in Congress
Reuters via AOL· 10 months agoU.S. federal wildland firefighters are facing a huge potential pay cut this autumn that lawmakers in...
Biden signs off on hefty pay raise for federal firefighters
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the...
Federal firefighters will quit in droves if Congress doesn't take action, union warns
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHalf the nation's federal wildland firefighters could quit if Congress fails to avert major pay...
Why even a popular bipartisan issue like firefighter pay may have trouble getting passed in Congress
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSen. Kyrsten Sinema and Speaker Kevin McCarthy aren’t typically aligned on many issues. But they...
Hellish fires, low pay, trauma: California's Forest Service firefighters face a morale crisis
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMembers of a hotshot crew hike up the mountain while battling the Caldor fire in South Lake Tahoe on...
Pay increase, fuels projects boost wildland firefighter optimism in season ahead
Great Falls Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMontanans can feel fortunate to have experienced a relatively quiet wildland fire season in 2022....
Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGLOBAL WARNING : Many of the 19,000 wildland firefighters employed by the US government earn less...
Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for better pay and benefits
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLOS ANGELES — Thousands of federal wildland firefighters could walk off the job if Congress fails to...