Federal workers won’t get pay raises in 2019, President Donald Trump said in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday. Still, the president’s move opens another chapter in his feud with the federal workforce. His administration has tried to make it easier to fire federal workers, reduce their ability to bargain collectively and nudge them into retirement to trim the federal payroll. A federal judge over the weekend struck down key portions of three executive orders Trump signed taking aim at federal workers. Zero pay raises for the federal workforce are not unheard of.

Source: Huffington Post August 30, 2018 18:36 UTC