Trump moves to cap pay raise for civilian government workers at 1 percent

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25. They bring in high school grads who, for example, may assist the mail clerks

and bring them in at that grade. They also bring in co-ops at that pay so they can learn the ropes.

Most of the country does NOT have those high locality scales that you see in NYC metro or D.C. metro, or Chicago/San Francisco. Here is the full schedule for all the localities - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2020/general-schedule/

And as a note - since private industry has a documented poor track record regarding hiring POC/disabled/Vets, the federal government is where you often WILL find those groups employed because private industry won't fucking hire them.

It's a shame to see RW talking points on DU regarding federal employment.

I am saying this from having WORKED for the federal government for 3 decades and had a WW2 Vet father who worked for the federal for 20 years before he died on the job 46 years ago.