[uranium penguin]

if it were me...

1. All employees back to office 100% of the time.
2. ALL new hires, no pension 401k
3. No more “cadilac” health care, Obamacare for you!
4. pay freeze for x years.
5. if they strike.. lay them All off.
No more recognition of unions/ collective bargaining.
6. Move locations out of DC area.
7. base salaries off of prevailing wages of that new area.

[1Old Pro]

base salaries off of prevailing wages of that new area.

For unskilled labor

[arthurus]

Job security needs to go away. Without Civil Service job security there is not the incentive to build power for the office and by extension for the bureaucracy.

[Reily]

You’re behind the times on #2.
Since 1985 their primary retirement is from a 401K. They still get a small annuity based on time served.