After months of negotiations, workers in two House offices announced Tuesday that they have signed memoranda of understanding with their managers, securing some of the first pay raises for unionized Hill staffers.
As collective bargaining agreement talks continue, aides for Reps. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., and Val Hoyle, D-Ore., inked MOUs that provide bumps in salary while other contract provisions are negotiated.
Such a step usually — but not always — leads to signing a binding collective bargaining agreement soon after; the MOUs mean aides get pay raises while the negotiations continue. These two preliminary agreements run through the end of 2024…