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November 14, 2014

Workers from Capitol, Pentagon Strike to Demand $15/Hour Minimum Wage 
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As Congress met on Capitol Hill, workers who typically serve them food
went on a one-day strike to push for a $15-an-hour wage and the right to
form a union. In a historic first, workers from the U.S. Capitol
building joined hundreds of fellow food-service and cleaning workers
from the Pentagon, Smithsonian and other sites. In February, President
Obama signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal
contractors to $10.10 an hour, but workers say that is still not enough
to survive in the nation's capital.

 

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