A new report lays out ways that federal agencies can increase worker power.
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Posted inTAP
Biden’s Executive Actions to Protect Workers
Today on TAP: The president could be doing a lot more with his executive power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Eternal Recurrence of Defense Contractor Price-Gouging
For the second time in three years, TransDigm has been caught ripping off the Pentagon for millions of dollars. Will there finally be some accountability?
Posted inWorking in America
How Temp Agencies Keep Their Workers’ Wages Low
The Biden administration has targeted noncompete agreements. But other tactics depress worker wages.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor
A contract signed in April with the detention facility in Port Isabel, Texas, continues $1-a-day wages for those detained.
Posted inDay One Agenda
$15 an Hour for Federal Contractors Is Great. A Union Is Better.
Biden could kick-start labor organizing, without approval from Congress.
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How Biden Can Raise Some Wages Even if Congress Won’t
There’s a lot he and his Labor Department can do, no matter what Congress may or may not enact.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Use the President’s Contracting Power to Improve Workers’ Lives
Biden needs to go well beyond repealing Trump’s bad executive orders—he has the power to assure that workers paid by federal contracts are a national model.
Posted inWorking in America
Low-Wage Federal Contract Employees Get Stiffed, Again
For the second year in a row, janitors and security guards at federal buildings and other contract employees won’t get back pay from last winter’s 35-day shutdown, which continues to cause financial stress.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump Eviscerates Federal Contracting Rules
The president just repealed an Obama executive order to prevent bad employers from getting federal contracts. Next up? The rest of Obama’s labor rules.