Yes, we should be fair to federal employees. Some Federal employees can join unions, but they are toothless as they cannot bargain over wages, hours, conditions of employment, benefits. They are not in the same position as state and local employees. If a federal employee is laid off, he or she should get unemployment compensation under the same conditions as employees in the private sector.
Those poor federal employees... They should raise our taxes more so those poor government employees can get pay raises.