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May 22, 2013

Low-Wage Workers Strike at Federal Contractors in D.C. 
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Hundreds of workers at federal contractors in Washington, D.C., held a
one-day strike on Tuesday in a call for higher pay. A new group called
Good Jobs Nation is calling on President Obama to sign an executive
order requiring better pay for government contractors' low-wage workers.
A new report from Demos says the government has the leverage to improve
worker pay at federal contractors because it is already subsidizing
nearly two million low-wage jobs.

 

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