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2,100+ Federal Workers in PA Will<\/em> Get Pay Raises<\/em> Under New Rule<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 This week, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) applauded the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for publishing a rule that will end a decades-long pay disparity affecting more than 2,100 hourly federal workers in Pennsylvania and nearly 14,500 across the country. This long-overdue reform, which will take effect on October 1, 2025, will raise wages for hourly federal employees who have been paid according to different locality pay areas than their salaried colleagues. The rule will deliver an estimated $23.1 million in additional wages to Pennsylvanians in the first year alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor three decades, hourly federal workers across Pennsylvania have been shortchanged by a system that pays them differently than their salaried coworkers. This new rule will eliminate that pay gap for thousands of these workers,\u201d said Senator Fetterman.<\/strong> \u201cThis is about so much more than just a paycheck\u2013\u2013this is about treating workers with the dignity and respect they deserve. I\u2019m proud to stand with the union members across our commonwealth who have fought for years to make this happen. I made a commitment to join them in this fight and I\u2019m proud that we finally got it done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n OPM\u2019s final rule<\/a> is the culmination of more than a year of advocacy by Senator Fetterman and a broad coalition of allies, including affected workers, labor unions, and colleagues in Congress. Despite decades-long efforts to fix this issue, federal agencies had never taken effective action to fix the pay gap \u2013 until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Timeline of Senator Fetterman\u2019s Involvement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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