Wall Street Journal: Obama’s Minimum Wage Order: How Much Impact?
State of the Union
By Michael R. Crittenden and Eric Morath
Wall Street Journal, Washington Wire, Jan 28, 2014
Republican lawmakers challenged President Barack Obama’s plan to raise the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors, suggesting it would have little impact on workers and could exacerbate partisan gridlock. Democrats were quick to celebrate the move, to be announced during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. It would raise the minimum wage for workers on new federal contracts to $10.10 an hour. ...
“These jobs include food service workers in federal buildings, people doing laundry...