US EditionGermany to pay local staff at US bases during government shutdown
Germany will cover October salaries for 11,000 local U.S. Armed Forces employees to maintain payments during the U.S. federal government shutdown, with costs expected to be reimbursed.
- On Wednesday, the German federal government said it will temporarily cover pay for 11,000 local employees at U.S. Armed Forces sites, initiating an unscheduled expenditure to ensure October salaries are paid on time.
- The U.S. federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 is entering its third week as German labor union Ver.di pressed Berlin amid missing U.S. approval for staff payments.
- In the state that hosts the Kaiserslautern Military Community, Rheinland-Pfalz officials said they will front pay for nearly 12,000 local national employees at U.S. bases if October paychecks are delayed.
- Berlin plans emergency funding after state officials pressed the German finance ministry to guarantee wages owed to German workers at U.S. bases, preparing $50 million to ensure timely pay, Tagesschau reported Wednesday.
- Germany said it will temporarily cover salaries for 11,000 local employees at U.S. bases amid the shutdown, while the U.S. has assured pay for troops, with 50,000 in Germany in 2024 and 174 Pentagon sites. President Trump posted, `'I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.
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Germany news: Berlin to pay base workers amid US shutdown
Local employees at US military bases in Germany are to receive pay from Berlin as a US government shutdown continues. Chancellor Merz has doubled down on his "cityscape" remark about urban migration. DW has more.
Because of the shutdown and the ongoing US budget freeze, 11,000 civilian workers in the US forces in Germany are facing salary losses.
Germany plans to pay some 11,000 local employees at U.S. military bases, as their salaries have been affected by the closure of the government in Washington, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. “The federal government will start an unscheduled expense to ensure October wages are paid on time,” a ministry spokesman said. Verdi said on Tuesday that local staff continued to charge during earlier U.S. government closures, but expressed fear t…
11,000 civilian local forces of the US military in Germany fear for their wages. Should this fail due to the shutdown, the Federal Government wants to help out. It remains unclear whether the offer has to be redeemed at all.
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