Looking at this decision from a distance... how many votes is Pres. Trump losing by canceling any pay increases for federal workers?
...which makes me wonder, as a group, what percentage supports him?
IMO, by doing this, he's politely slapping the Rust Belt and Middle America on the head...case they need to be reminded, who their champion is. A brilliant move.
You're right. The vast majority of fedgov workers will most like vote democrat.
Yet, do you run the risk of losing the good employees, and prompting others to stay unionized to bairgain for the higher wages anyway?
Dealing with the government agencies is tough enough already.
If the better employees bail out, it will make a bad situation worse.
Too bad it doesn't operate like most of us do, merit increases.
Then, we'd all be better off.