Obama’s minimum-wage plan answers calls from recent worker movement

The Washington Post: President Obama said Tuesday that he would set a $10.10 minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts, answering calls from a small but persistent worker movement that sprang up in the nation’s capital last year.

Good Jobs Nation, a coalition of labor and civil-rights groups, has organized seven demonstrations in the district since May, each time demanding higher pay, better working conditions and greater collective bargaining for employees of federal vendors.

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