Obama to raise minimum wage for contract workers

By Associated Press

Published February 12, 2014 5:00am ET

Obama to raise minimum wage for contract workers — President Obama signs an executive order mandating that federal contractors be required to raise the minimum wage they pay their workers to $10.10, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at the end of an appearance at the US Steel's Mon Valley Works in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) | Gene J. Puskar

President Obama is raising the minimum wage for federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10.

Obama will sign the executive order Wednesday in the East Room of the White House. He first announced the measure during his State of the Union address.

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