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00659 - (A0751646]
(Blue collar Wage Survey Made by Department of Defense in the
Tidewater Area of Virginia]. FPCD-77-32; B-164515. March 9,
1977. Feleased March 11, 1977. 2 pp. + 3 enclosures (14 pp.).
Report to Rep. Robert W. Daniel, Jr.; Rep. G. William Whitehurst
; by Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptrcller 4eneral.
Issue irea: Personnel Management and Compensation: Compensation
,05).
Contact.: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051).
Organization Concerned: Department of Defense.
Congressional Relc-.a-t; eep. Robert W. Daniel, Jr.; Rep. G.
William Whitchurst.
Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, sec. 10 (P.L.
92-463). Monroney Amendment (5 U.S.C. 5343(d)). 5 U.S.C.
5341.
A 1976 blue ccllar wage survey conducted by the
Department of Defense (DOD) in the Tidewater area of Virginia
resulted in a wage raise of about six percent. Local employee
representatives were dissatisfied with the amount and believed
it was predetermined by the DOD before completion of the survey.
The following aspects of determining the wage schedule were
considered: criteria used in the compilation cf wages to
determine the wage increase, the trend line used in making the
findings, the adequacy of information obtained from the major
private organization, the apparent predetermination by
responsible officials concerning what the increase would be, and
tke absence of information available to the Metal Trades Council
in view of the confidentiality of certain information.
Findings/Conclusions: DOD did comply with lecal requirements and
met other criteria ip conducting the survey. While this
particular raise was lower than most other Federal blue-collar
raises in the country, no pattern of predetermination by the
Department's wage fixing authorities was found. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaabzl0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)