Obama to raise minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10

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(Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for federal contractors hired in the future, an initiative to be unveiled tonight in his State of the Union address.

Obama will issue an Executive Order covering contract workers — including janitors and construction workers — and repeat his call to reluctant lawmakers to increase the minimum hourly wage for all employed Americans.


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