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Labor Secretary announces proposal to raise minimum wage for federal contract workers

Posted at 1:39 pm June 12, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Proposed rule would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for covered workers

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on Thursday announced a proposed rule raising the minimum wage for workers on federal service and construction contracts to $10.10 per hour. The proposed rule implements Executive Order 13658, which was announced by President Barack Obama on Feb. 12.

“A core American value is that hard work should be rewarded with fair pay,” Perez said in a press release. “And as the president said in his State of the Union address, if you cook our troops’ meals or wash their dishes, you shouldn’t have to live in poverty.

“Raising the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts will provide a much needed boost to many who are working hard, but still struggle to get by, and it will also benefit taxpayers with improved employee retention and productivity. Today the department took an important step toward making the promise of the executive order a reality for thousands of workers.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: 1235-AA10, Barack Obama, Cecilia Muñoz, contracts, executive order, Executive Order 13658, federal construction contracts, federal contracting community, federal contracts, Federal Register, federal service, minimum wage, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, proposed rule, Thomas E. Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor, wage increases, White House Domestic Policy, workers

Letter: Residents urge legislators to raise minimum wage

Posted at 12:27 am November 30, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Letters 4 Comments

To the Editor:

Two bills in Congress to raise the minimum wage by about 95 cents per year for the next three years are HR1010 and S460. We, the undersigned, urge readers to contact their congressmen and senators to urge passage of these bills.

The minimum wage is now $7.25. If these bills pass, then over the next three years, the minimum wage would increase to $10.10.

Currently, if a worker is able to get 2,000 hours of work per year (in 50 40-hour weeks)—and unfortunately, not all can—he or she earns a yearly gross wage of $14,500, which is below the U.S. Department of Labor threshold of $1,245 per month ($14,940 annually) for receiving food stamps. If this worker’s wages increased by 95 cents an hour, he or she would earn $16,400 and thus would be raised above the poverty guideline. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Anne Garcia Garland, Congress, congressmen, Don Hurtubise, food stamps, HR1010, Joan Burns, Joan Cassens, minimum wage, poverty, S640, senators, Tim Holt, Tom Burns, U.S. Department of Labor, Virginia Jones

Alexander, Fleischmann release statements on State of the Union

Posted at 12:10 am February 13, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander

U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann

In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, President Barack Obama called for raising the minimum wage, doing more to fight global warming, and reducing the deficit through spending cuts and tax increases.

The president also called for voting on new gun laws, reforming Medicare and the tax code, and working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every child.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Barack Obama, Chuck Fleischmann, debt, deficit, entitlement spending, global warming, gun laws, Lamar Alexander, Medicare, minimum wage, preschool, State of the Union, tax code, taxes

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