German Employees At US Bases To Get 2.4% Pay Hike, US Military To Get 1% Pay Hike

[Busybody]

German Employees At US Bases To Get 2.4% Pay Hike, US Military To Get 1% Pay Hike


Klay Kaserne

Military retirees to get 1.7% hike in retired pay. As a US Army retiree I would trade my 1.7% for the 1% that our troops are receiving.

Via Stars and Stripes


Thousands of local nationals working for the U.S. government and other foreign forces in Germany will see their wages increased by 2.4 percent, retroactive to Sept. 1, ver.di, the union representing the workers, announced Wednesday.

The agreement on the new 12-month contract came early on the second day of salary negotiations Wednesday in Bonn between the union and representatives from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance and the militaries of the United States, United Kingdom, France and Canada.

Those discussions were preceded by widespread protests by union members throughout Germany, including one Monday in Landstuhl, where hundreds of local civilians working for the U.S. and other foreign militaries in the Rhineland Palatinate didn’t show up for work to protest stagnant wages.[...]

“We consider this as a good result,” said Jürgen Dehnert, spokesman for the Rhineland Palatinate region of ver.di, on Wednesday.

Dehnert said he did not know what the average wage increase would be.

Achim Meerkamp, a board member of ver.di, said the agreement struck was acceptable, “especially when you consider the fiscal situation of the foreign forces and their plans to save money,” he was quoted in a union press release.

The pay raise also will apply to local nationals slated to lose their jobs because of pending U.S. military post closures.

 

[imalickin]

Interesting...although...there are a lot less Germans working at military bases than there are military in the service of the US.

Then again...what do you expect from Mr. Donothing.

 

[Busybody]

I expect disrespect for the military

 

[imalickin]

Well then, you got it.

 

[Myikael]

I wonder what the ratio is concerning buying power of the respective pay scales. What does the pay raise for the German workers buy for them and what does the pay raise for the military buy for the military members? In short, is the story (and resulting hoohaw) reported fairly?

The 2014 pay scale for an enlisted person in the pay grade I attained is over $4500.00 per month, and that is the base pay excluding any non-taxed allowances for food, lodging, cost of living, and other incidentals. That's over $50K per year. Feel free to play with it as you wish, but that's about what an experienced mid-level manager (who doesn't get allowances for food, lodging, etc.) in a civilian job makes. Add in the free medical insurance for the member and all his immediate family for which that civilian manager would probably pay $1-2K per month, and the disparity isn't so obvious.

Before you charge me under Article 32 of the UCMJ and have me keelhauled, please understand that if it was up to me the pay scale would be doubled (and I'd make it retroactive to at least 1969). However, military pay raises are determined by Congress, not me or the President.

Ref for current military base pay: http://www.militaryfactory.com/military_pay_scale.asp

Respectfully submitted,
GSEC, USN, retired, Vietnam and a few other squirrely places (combat) veteran

 

[Busybody]

good questions


I DONT GIVE A SHIT

tax HollyWierd people making millions and give $ to troops, current and retired