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President Obama Will Raise Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers

During his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama will announce plans to issue an executive order giving a raise to low-wage workers on new federal contracts, a move that affects thousands of people in the Washington area, the White House says.
January 28, 2014 |
Washingtonian
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Obama's Minimum Wage Order Aims to Send a Message

President Obama's promised executive order to raise the minimum wage for some government contract workers would likely affect less than half a million people and may face legal challenge.

What Obama is hoping is that his relatively narrow move will spur Congress to follow suit for all low-wage workers in the country.
January 28, 2014 |
CNN Money
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Strike Wave Spurs Obama to Make Contractors Pay $10.10

Low-wage, federally-contracted janitors and construction workers will have a new minimum wage of $10.10 per hour, under an executive order announced by the White House Tuesday. Advocates said the full scope of the order, which will be formally announced during tonight’s State of the Union address, remains unclear, but could include hundreds of thousands of employees under future federal contracts. [...]
January 28, 2014 |
Salon
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Obama's Minimum Wage Raise for Federal Contractors Is a Shot Across the GOP's Bow

Janitors in federal office buildings, food servers at veterans' hospitals, and other workers with low-paying jobs for the federal government may get paid more in the future—at least if President Barack Obama has anything to say about it.
January 28, 2014 |
New Republic
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Pres. Obama to Raise Minimum Wage for Low-Wage Federal Workers

After a year of strikes and protests there’s a victory for many federal workers demanding that their government to pay them a living wage. President Obama in tonight’s State of the Union address will announce plans to sign an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay workers at least $10.10 an hour. The action affects workers currently earning less and will apply to new federal contracts.
January 28, 2014 |
Colorlines
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Economy & Opportunity 
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Everything You Need To Know About What President Obama’s Doing To The Minimum Wage

The minimum wage is going to rise for over 500,000 American workers whether Congress likes it or not. In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama will announce a unilateral executive action to raise the minimum hourly pay that companies that receive federal contracts must offer, a victory for workers who have been walking off the job at federal facilities in Washington D.C.
January 28, 2014 |
ThinkProgress
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Obama to Raise Minimum Wage Under Federal Contractors

President Obama plans to sign an executive order requiring that janitors, construction workers and others working for federal contractors be paid at least $10.10 an hour, using his own power to enact a more limited version of a policy that he has yet to push through Congress.
January 28, 2014 |
New York Times
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Economy & Opportunity 
Obama to Raise Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers

In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama will announce his intention to issue an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10.
January 28, 2014 |
Salon
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Economy & Opportunity 
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Obama To Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contract Workers By Executive Order

President Barack Obama will announce during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address that he's raising the minimum wage for workers under federal contracts to $10.10 per hour, an administration official told The Huffington Post.
January 28, 2014 |
Huffington Post
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Economy & Opportunity 
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What Can Obama Do on the Economy Without Congress?

If Congress won’t act on jobs and the economy, President Obama promises that he will—a message he’s expected to push in Tuesday’s State of the Union. The problem is, there’s not much the president can do his own. 
January 28, 2014 |
MSNBC
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Economy & Opportunity 
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