“Federal workers have had enough. Now if only they can convince elected officials not to hit them again. As the White House and Congress look for ways to avoid a Jan. 1 ‘fiscal cliff’ of budget cuts and tax increases, federal employee groups are increasingly mobilized against more hits on their pocketbooks. The Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), a coalition of 20 unions representing more than 300,000 employees, scheduled a ‘federal employee day of action’ on Tuesday to pressure officials not to take any more away from the workforce in the name of deficit reduction.”
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