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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,...
Gallego pushes to extend pay increases for wildland firefighters as deadline approaches
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSurrounded by more than 30 federal wildland firefighters in a large warehouse in southeast Mesa,...
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...
Federal firefighters make less than fast-food workers. Congress is stalling on a solution
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLegislation to permanently raise firefighter pay and improve working conditions has stalled in the...
Colorado lawmaker introduces bipartisan measure to increase federal firefighters’ pay
The Hill via Yahoo News· 10 months agoColorado Rep. Joe Neguse (D) on Tuesday introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation that aims to...
Biden wants to make sure Congress doesn't slash pay for firefighters tackling wildfires raging...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTed Horowitz/Getty Images The Biden administration wants additional funding from Congress for...
Wildland firefighters need our support
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAt any given moment during this smoky summer of 2023, hundreds of wildfires were blazing in the United States — more than 850 as of late July, according...
Everyone Agrees Wildland Firefighters Deserve a Raise. Why Can’t Congress Make It Happen?
Heatmap News via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoThere is basically no original way left to complain about Congress. Bemoaning our elected officials...
Montana senators support act to boost federal firefighter wages
Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 21—With the deadline to pass a federal budget rapidly approaching, members of Montana's congressional delegation are working to permanently increase pay for wildland firefighters. Cosponsored ...
Opinion: This wildfire season, here's another terrifying threat to worry about
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA firefighter who works for the U.S. Forest Service battles the 2020 Silverado fire in Irvine. (Jae...
