Although President Obama‘s executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors doesn’t go into effect until Jan. 1, those same contractors set to get a raise are already asking for more money.
In a protest that shut down the streets in front of Union Station on Tuesday morning, dozens of federal contractors (and some children) donned Rosie the Riveter costumes and waved signs asking for a “good jobs executive order.” Others held up revised versions of the original Rosie the Riveter poster, with her now saying “We CAN’T do it on $10.10/hr!”
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