Wildland firefighters face up to $20,000 pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress

The wife of a wildland firefighter who teaches at the Missouri University of Science and Technology revisited the thorny problem of getting the federal government to make pay raises wildland firefighters received in 2021 permanent before December 20th, when those increases are due to expire.

Wildland firefighters face up to $20,000 pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress

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