How Biden will raise some workers minimum wage without Congress
For federal contractors, Biden is borrowing a worthwhile page from Obama s playbook and there s nothing Republicans can do about it.
President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room at the White House on April 15, 2021.Tom Brenner / Reuters
April 27, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
In Congress, legislative efforts to raise the federal minimum wage have struggled in the face of conservative opposition, but as NBC News reported this morning, President Joe Biden can raise some workers wages and there s nothing Republicans can do to stop it.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday that would raise the minimum wage for federal contractors and tipped employees working on government contracts to $15 an hour, senior administration officials said. The raise from $10.95 an hour would begin in January, and agencies would have to implement the measure no later than March.
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