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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Sanders: A Victory for Workers
A Victory for Workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday welcomed a White House announcement that President Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts at $10.10 an hour. The White House also said the president would discuss the issue in tonights State of the Union address.
I applaud President Obama for issuing this executive order which will raise wages for hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers. The president has made it clear that employees working for government contractors should not be paid starvation wages. This executive order also gives us momentum for raising the minimum wage for every worker in this country to at least $10.10 an hour, Sanders said.
The senator in September sent a letter to the president urging him to issue an executive order to setting a minimum wage for federal contractors. Sanders also is a cosponsor of Senate legislation to raise the minimum wage for all workers to $10.10 from the current $7.25 an hour.
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/a-victory-for-workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday welcomed a White House announcement that President Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts at $10.10 an hour. The White House also said the president would discuss the issue in tonights State of the Union address.
I applaud President Obama for issuing this executive order which will raise wages for hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers. The president has made it clear that employees working for government contractors should not be paid starvation wages. This executive order also gives us momentum for raising the minimum wage for every worker in this country to at least $10.10 an hour, Sanders said.
The senator in September sent a letter to the president urging him to issue an executive order to setting a minimum wage for federal contractors. Sanders also is a cosponsor of Senate legislation to raise the minimum wage for all workers to $10.10 from the current $7.25 an hour.
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/a-victory-for-workers
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Senator Sanders: A Victory for Workers (Original Post)
ProSense
Jan 2014
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
I wonder just how workers working under federal contracts make less than $10.10 per hour?
"I wonder just how workers working under federal contracts make less than $10.10 per hour?"
...the OP statement says "hundreds of thousands." It's about a half a million.
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(62,325 posts)4. I've just been told over and over again that the President couldn't do this.
Good for him. It's about time to start using the power of the office to slap down these greedy, unprincipled morons.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. He can do it for federal contract workers. n/t