Federal labor leaders and Democrats generally praise President Biden’s federal workforce policies, but they panned his planned 2 percent pay raise as a setback.
From picketing with Michigan workers last year to introducing the United Auto Workers leader to a joint congressional audience last week, President Biden has showcased his strong labor-friendly credentials.But his federal workplace friends and supporters aren’t happy with him, after Biden proposed this week
● Rep. Steny H. Hoyer : “As a longtime champion of pay parity between uniformed members of the military and civilian federal employees who often work alongside each other, I am disappointed that, for the first time, President Biden’s budget does not observe the concept of pay parity. Instead, it includes a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for federal civilian employees — including the more than 80,000 who live in Maryland’s 5th District — while proposing a 4.
For Rep. Gerry Connolly , an ardent supporter of federal workers and Biden, the 2 percent raise is more than a disappointment, it’s a reversal. “This goes backward,” he said by phone. “I don’t see how the White House can justify 2 percent.”The White House and its Office of Management and Budget did not directly respond to questions about the pay raise proposal and its critics.
One persistent problem with the federal workforce is the age of its workers. “Over 28 percent of employees are older than 55, while 8.7 percent of employees are younger than 30,” according to the “Federal workforce age demographics are a serious and ongoing issue that Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, has pounded for years.
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