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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...
A temporary pay bump for federal firefighters is slated to end in November, raising fears that up to...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFirefighters battle the Mosquito Fire burning on Michigan Bluff Road in unincorporated Placer...
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...
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,...
Federal firefighters will quit in droves if Congress doesn't take action, union warns
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHalf the nation's federal wildland firefighters could quit if Congress fails to avert major pay...
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,...
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...
Federal firefighters left in limbo as fire season heats up
NBC Universal via AOL· 5 days agoAcross the federal government, wildland firefighters are walking away, frustrated by low pay, lack...
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...
Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGLOBAL WARNING : Many of the 19,000 wildland firefighters employed by the US government earn less...