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May 8, 2013

NEW YORK, NY – With much attention on labor strikes spreading across the country to protest low pay and poor working conditions in the retail and fast food industries, national public policy center Demos releases a new...

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Washington – On Wednesday, May 8 at 9 a.m. EST, low-wage workers from around the country employed in a variety of firms operating under federal...
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Federally-Supported Low-Wage Employment, Large Industries/Sectors

This section provides a more nuanced picture of some of the low-wage jobs we are underwriting with our tax dollars. We focus on the federal impact...

Federally-Supported Low-Wage Employment, Small Industries/Sectors

This section provides a more nuanced picture of some of the low-wage jobs we are underwriting with our tax dollars. We focus on the federal impact...

Low-Wage Private Sector Workers Funded By Public Dollars

Federal contracting has grown rapidly over the past decade doubling between 1996 and 2009 before decreasing slightly in the years since 2010....