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The treatment of and perks for U.S. government employees

Posted inGovernment Workers, National Security, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights

Reveal exposé of Navy shipbuilders sparks law requiring Pentagon study

by Jennifer Gollan December 20, 2017December 21, 2017

“These disturbing reports shined a light on defense contractors putting their workers at risk,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Posted inAccountability, Government Workers, National Security, The Trump Era

Trump’s Navy secretary nominee vows to crack down on safety lapses

by Jennifer Gollan July 21, 2017July 21, 2017

Navy Secretary nominee Richard V. Spencer said during his confirmation hearing that he disagrees with the Navy’s hands-off approach to dangerous shipyards.

Posted inGovernment Workers, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights

Navy, Coast Guard continue awarding contracts to VT Halter despite safety lapses

by Jennifer Gollan July 17, 2017July 17, 2017

“I have no doubt that a Navy policy to stop giving contracts to shipbuilding firms that flaunt the law and injure workers would save many lives and limbs,” said David Michaels, former head of Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Government Workers, The Trump Era

Jack Abramoff: Trump Labor Department nominee ‘very ethical person’

by Will Evans July 12, 2017July 13, 2017

Patrick Pizzella, President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy labor secretary, has one endorsement he may not want. Jack Abramoff, the infamous lobbyist who went to prison for fraud and corruption, called Pizzella “a very ethical person” in an interview with Reveal.

Posted inGovernment Workers, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights

Trump’s pick for wage chief sued for stiffing house cleaners

by Will Evans July 12, 2017September 7, 2017

Currently head of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Cheryl Stanton was named last year in a lawsuit alleging she failed to pay her house cleaners.

Posted inGovernment Workers, National Security

Congress keeps pressure on TSA as new whistleblowers emerge

by Andrew Becker March 18, 2016March 29, 2016

Top House lawmakers want to know whether the Transportation Security Administration has retaliated against managers by forcing some to take unwanted reassignments.

Posted inGovernment Workers

Payday California updated with 2014 public employee compensation data

by Joanna Lin March 3, 2016June 30, 2021

Local government employees earned a total of more than $41 billion – the highest since 2009, the first year for which the state compiled compensation data.

Posted inGovernment Workers, Worked Over

TSA official responsible for security lapses earned big bonuses

by Andrew Becker February 9, 2016June 30, 2021

Before undercover auditors carrying hidden weapons slipped undetected past security screeners at U.S. airports, the official ultimately responsible for the lapses received cash bonuses and awards that reached nearly $100,000, according to a whistleblower complaint.

Posted inGovernment Workers, Worked Over

Payday California now includes 2013 public employee compensation data

by Joanna Lin April 30, 2015June 30, 2021

Reveal has updated its Payday California site, which tracks how local government employees are compensated, with 2013 data, the latest available from the state.

Posted inGovernment Workers, Worked Over

Thousands of California state workers are hoarding vacation days

by Will Evans January 12, 2015August 27, 2018

More than 35,000 California state employees have gone over the official cap of 80 vacation days. The state owes those employees $447 million more than

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