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.
For unskilled labor
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.
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.