{"id":2137,"date":"2022-06-21T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-welcome-biden-administration-announcement-on-federal-wildland-firefighter-pay-renew-call-for-immediate-implementation-of-changes-22\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:03","slug":"wyden-merkley-welcome-biden-administration-announcement-on-federal-wildland-firefighter-pay-renew-call-for-immediate-implementation-of-changes-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-welcome-biden-administration-announcement-on-federal-wildland-firefighter-pay-renew-call-for-immediate-implementation-of-changes-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley dan la bienvenida al anuncio de la administraci\u00f3n de Biden sobre el pago federal de los bomberos forestales y renuevan el llamado para la implementaci\u00f3n inmediata de los cambios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><i><span>Washington DC<\/span><\/i><\/b><span>&nbsp;\u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley acogieron con benepl\u00e1cito el anuncio de hoy de la administraci\u00f3n Biden sobre su&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/06\/21\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-pay-raises-supports-for-wildland-firefighter-workforce-from-bipartisan-infrastructure-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>planes<\/span><\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;aumentar el salario federal de los bomberos forestales y establecer una nueva serie ocupacional para estos bomberos seg\u00fan lo exige la Ley de Infraestructura Bipartidista. Dando seguimiento a una carta que enviaron a la Oficina de Administraci\u00f3n de Personal (OPM) la semana pasada, los senadores renovaron hoy su llamado a la administraci\u00f3n para que implemente de inmediato estos cambios que tienen un mes de retraso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Los senadores tambi\u00e9n dieron la bienvenida a una nueva iniciativa de la administraci\u00f3n de Biden para establecer un programa de salud y bienestar para bomberos forestales para apoyar mejor a los bomberos forestales.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>\u201cMe alegra ver que el bienestar y la salud de los bomberos forestales de nuestra naci\u00f3n siguen siendo una prioridad para la administraci\u00f3n de Biden\u201d,&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span>dijo Wyden.&nbsp;<b>\u201cAcojo con benepl\u00e1cito el anuncio de hoy, pero ahora vamos a<\/b><\/span><b><span>Hazlo y entrega a estos valientes la paga que se merecen. Dado que este es el primer d\u00eda de verano y se pronostica que las temperaturas en todo Oreg\u00f3n aumentar\u00e1n m\u00e1s adelante esta semana, no hay momento que perder\u201d.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>\u201cLos bomberos forestales trabajan incansablemente para mantener seguros nuestros hogares y comunidades durante las temporadas de incendios forestales cada vez m\u00e1s intensas de Oreg\u00f3n, y debemos proporcionarles salarios y recursos adecuados\u201d <\/span><\/b><span>dijo Merkley, quien aprovech\u00f3 su posici\u00f3n como presidente del Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Interior para asegurar fondos para traer m\u00e1s bomberos forestales permanentes y aumentar su salario.<b> \u201cEstoy feliz de haber podido asegurar estos fondos para un aumento bien merecido en el pago federal de los bomberos forestales. Esto debe implementarse ahora para apoyar a los bomberos que trabajan tan duro para protegernos, especialmente ahora que entramos en el pico de la temporada de incendios forestales de Oreg\u00f3n\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>La semana pasada, Wyden y Merkley instaron a la OPM a implementar r\u00e1pidamente aumentos salariales para los bomberos forestales federales seg\u00fan lo exige la reciente ley de infraestructura bipartidista. El Congreso incluy\u00f3 $600 millones en la Ley de Inversi\u00f3n en Infraestructura y Empleos para aumentar los salarios federales de los bomberos forestales hasta en $20,000 por a\u00f1o. La ley establece espec\u00edficamente un plazo de 180 d\u00edas para el desarrollo de una serie ocupacional distinta de &quot;bombero forestal&quot; con una escala salarial que reconoce su trabajo de salvamento. La implementaci\u00f3n de estas disposiciones tiene ahora un mes de retraso.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>\u201cLa implementaci\u00f3n de estas disposiciones, seg\u00fan lo exige el IIJA, es imperativa para la moral de los bomberos forestales federales y para el reclutamiento y retenci\u00f3n de bomberos, para abordar la preocupante escasez de mano de obra en Oreg\u00f3n y en todo el oeste\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span>Wyden y Merkley escribieron al director de la OPM, Kiran Ahuja.&nbsp;<b>\u201cEstas valientes personas merecen el reconocimiento y la compensaci\u00f3n adecuados por arriesgar sus vidas para proteger a nuestras comunidades del fuego. Debido a estos retrasos, los bomberos forestales est\u00e1n entrando en lo que se perfila como otra temporada dif\u00edcil de incendios sin saber si recibir\u00e1n una compensaci\u00f3n justa por su trabajo. Se merecen algo mejor\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Se puede encontrar una copia completa de la carta. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/download\/opm-letter-on-firefighter-pay\/\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley&nbsp;welcomed today&#8217;s announcement from the Biden administration on its&nbsp;plans&nbsp;to increase federal wildland firefighter pay and establish&nbsp;a&nbsp;new occupational series for these firefighters&nbsp;as required by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 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