Pay raises for many federal firefighters to begin next week
A firefighter battles the Dixie Fire along Highway 89 in the Lassen National Forest in California on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Critical fire weather throughout the region threatens to spread multiple wildfires burning in Northern California. (Noah Berger/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — After years of demanding better pay, many federal firefighters will receive modest raises next week as the Biden administration makes good on a pledge to ensure that no firefighter earns less than $15 an hour.
Administration officials on Tuesday said the initiative will boost pay for more than 14,800 firefighters employed by the U...
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