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.
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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The president just repealed an Obama executive order to prevent bad employers from getting federal contracts.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.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Federal Contract Workers Are Demanding a Big Raise. But Will They Get It?
The Fight for $15 comes to Washington.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Federal Contract Workers and the Fight For a Living Wage
How your tax dollars are creating millions of underpaid jobs—and how workers are fighting back.