Better pay, workplace rights among top congressional priorities for feds

The Washington Post: struggling with friend and foe alike, on issues ranging from pay  to an attack on unions in their sector where membership is the strongest.

Labor organizations have already launched a preemptive strike against the 1.6 percent pay raise President Obama will include in the fiscal year 2017 budget proposal being released Tuesday. The proposed raise, though better than the 1.3 percent average hike this year, is far below what labor leaders and their congressional allies seek.

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