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| Union Wants Pay For USFK Curfew |
| 2005-02-19 |
| The union that represents civilian U.S. Army workers in South Korea is planning this week to ask for thousands of dollars in back pay for the more than 700 hours its members have spent at home complying with U.S. Forces Korea's curfew policy, according to the union's president. The union says its current contract with USFK and the 8th Army requires the government to pay the normal wage for hours spent on "stand-by duty" in response to military restrictions that require civilian workers to remain home in a state of readiness. Since September, USFK leaders have ordered civilian workers to comply with the troops' nightly curfew to ensure safety and readiness among all personnel — servicemembers, civilian workers and private contractors — who support the military mission here on the peninsula. The expected request from Local 1363 of the National Federation of Federal Employees will ask for an estimated $15,000 to $20,000 for each civilian worker and will serve as a first step toward filing a formal grievance on the issue, the local's president, Jeffrey Meadows, said Friday from his Army Corps of Engineers office at Humphreys... Six months of curfew. |
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