Federal Workers’ 2019 Raise Hanging on Trump Executive Order

Federal workers still smarting from pay delays due to the government shutdown are now wondering when President Donald Trump will issue an executive order needed to provide the average 1.9 percent raise he signed into law.

“It’s either a political decision—a punitive measure against federal families—or sheer incompetence,” Steve Lenkart, executive director of the National Federation of Federal Employees, an AFL-CIO affiliate, told Bloomberg Law. Federal employees and their unions were vocally opposed to the 35-day partial government shutdown that ended Jan. 25. The president may be getting back at them by dragging his heels on the executive order, Lenkart ...