You can’t compare us to private sector. The pay structure is completely different.
If you were to argue against the agency(.gov) you need to present comparable evidence in the federal sector. Stop looking at random private sector stuff. For every private sector raise there is a layoff to pin against it somewhere else. It’s not a good argument
if anything in the private sector is comparable the best one is navcanda. All arguments could at least start with looking at their contract and pay structure,and no one does