How many workers will be affected by Obama’s minimum wage executive order?

Published January 28, 2014 5:00am ET



Ahead of tonight’s State of the Union Address, the White House has announced that President Obama will sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for workers employed through federal contracts.

The policy is a part of a “year of action” being touted by the Obama administration, in which the president will attempt to impose changes through executive order that he cannot pass through Congress. But the White House document explaining the planned action does not indicate how many Americans will actually be affected by the executive order.

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