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Federal Contract Workers On Strike
Government Contract Workers Strike for Better Pay
Thursday, 23 April 2015 00:00 By Miya Pontes, Campaign for America's Future
More than 600 federal workers went on strike yesterday, including about three dozen Senate employees, in a protest over low pay by federal contractors.
The strike won support from members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), who joined the US Senate contract workers who were protesting low pay.
...(Sen. Bernie )Sanders spoke on behalf of a new populism that recognizes the harm in the growing wealth gap and is ready to fight it. "The taxpayers of this country want to make sure that when government contracts are made those employers who get those contracts pay their workers a living wage. That they allow workers to form a union, that they provide good benefits to their workers. A great nation will not survive when so few have so much and so many have so little. What we need to do is rebuild the American middle class," Sanders said.
The Progressive Caucus has worked hard to convince President Obama to sign two executive orders to improve working conditions for federal contract workers. The "Good Jobs Executive Order" prevents employers who commit wage theft from receiving government contracts. A previous executive order signed by Obama raised the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal contract workers.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30400-government-contract-workers-strike-for-better-pay
Thursday, 23 April 2015 00:00 By Miya Pontes, Campaign for America's Future
More than 600 federal workers went on strike yesterday, including about three dozen Senate employees, in a protest over low pay by federal contractors.
The strike won support from members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), who joined the US Senate contract workers who were protesting low pay.
...(Sen. Bernie )Sanders spoke on behalf of a new populism that recognizes the harm in the growing wealth gap and is ready to fight it. "The taxpayers of this country want to make sure that when government contracts are made those employers who get those contracts pay their workers a living wage. That they allow workers to form a union, that they provide good benefits to their workers. A great nation will not survive when so few have so much and so many have so little. What we need to do is rebuild the American middle class," Sanders said.
The Progressive Caucus has worked hard to convince President Obama to sign two executive orders to improve working conditions for federal contract workers. The "Good Jobs Executive Order" prevents employers who commit wage theft from receiving government contracts. A previous executive order signed by Obama raised the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal contract workers.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30400-government-contract-workers-strike-for-better-pay
$15 PER HOUR...MINIMUM LIVING WAGE...NOW!!!
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