Bipartisan senators seek workplace, benefits improvements for federal firefighters

Bipartisan senators seek workplace, benefits improvements for federal firefighters

Bipartisan senators are looking to improve work hours and benefits for the more than 10,000 federal firefighters who are stationed across numerous government and defense facilities. Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Thursday introduced the Federal Firefighters Families First Act. The legislation, if enacted, would reduce mandatory overtime hours and adjust benefits calculations for thousands of civilian federal firefigh…