Obama signs (Executive) order to raise minimum wage for federal contractors

[TomKat]

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.10 an hour starting next year and encouraged employers nationwide to increase wages for their workers.

Obama announced during his State of the Union address last month that he intended to take executive action to raise wages for federal contract workers.

The order will affect workers starting on January 1, 2015, and applies to new contracts and replacements for expiring contracts.

Obama, who has also pressed Congress to enact legislation to raise the minimum wage for all workers nationwide, urged business leaders and government officials to do more to increase workers' incomes.

"I would ask any business leader out there, any governor, any mayor, any local leader listening: do what you can to raise your employees' wages," he said, rejecting arguments that doing so would hamper the economy.

"It's not going to depress the economy, it'll boost the economy," he said.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Jim Loney)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-usa-obama-wages-idUSBREA1B0PZ20140212

[Philhelm]

Dirty cocksucker. I'm considering signing my tax return in blood - literally! I'd prefer to see the IRS destroyed, but we are not strong enough yet, so I feel compelled to comply with their thievery...for now.

[dillo]

They should make a $15 minimum wage for any corporation that gets tax cuts and or subsidies

[greyseal]

Congress and the President stopped legislating for the states over a hundred years ago.
Listed as the President’s authority is Title 40 U.S.C section 101, which is a District of Columbia Code
Section (c) of the E.O.Service Contract Act, 41 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.; and the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq., is limited to Public Lands.
ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM WAGE FOR CONTRACTORS
1. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. 101 et seq., and in order to promote economy and efficiency in procurement by contracting with sources who adequately compensate their workers, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Black's Law Dictionary, 6th edition, as follows:
Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius. The inclusion of one is the exclusion of another. The certain designation of one person is an absolute exclusion of all others ... This doctrine decrees that where law expressly describes [a] particular situation to which it shall apply, an irrefutable inference must be drawn that what is omitted or excluded was intended to be omitted or excluded.

Title 40 USC is for the District of Columbia, and Public Lands on the Outer Continental Shelf Land.
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 101 - Laws of District extended to public buildings and grounds
http://law.justia.com/codes/us/1997/title40/chap1/sec101

§101. Laws of District extended to public buildings and grounds
The provisions of the several laws and regulations within the District of Columbia for the protection of public or private property and the preservation of peace and order are extended to all public buildings and public grounds belonging to the United States within the District of Columbia.
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E.O. section (c)
2. (c) Any regulations issued pursuant to this section should, to the extent practicable and consistent with section 8 of this order, incorporate existing definitions, procedures, remedies, and enforcement processes under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.; the Service Contract Act, 41 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.; and the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.
Sec. 5. Enforcement. (a) The Secretary shall have the authority for investigating potential violations of and obtaining compliance with this order.
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The Authority of the Secretary of Labor is limited to Public Lands
Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a to a-7) is limited to Public Lands
41 U.S. CODE § 6701 – DEFINITIONS
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/41/6701
References in Text

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, referred to in par. (4)(A), is act Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1331 et seq.) of chapter 29 of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1331 of Title 43 and Tables

33 U.S.C. § 902 : US Code - Section 902: Definitions - See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/33/18/902#sthash.q67xx7qi.dpuf

(3) The term "employee" means any person engaged in maritime employment, including any longshoreman or other person engaged in long-shoring operations, and any harbor-worker including a ship repairman, shipbuilder, and ship-breaker…….

(4) The term "employer" means an employer any of whose employees are employed in maritime employment, in whole or in part, upon the navigable waters of the United States (including any adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal, building way, marine railway, or other adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel). (5) The term "carrier" means any person or fund authorized under section 932 of this title to insure under this chapter and includes self-insurers. (6) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor. (7) The term "deputy commissioner" means the deputy commissioner having jurisdiction in respect of an injury or death. (8) The term "State" includes a *Territory and the *District of Columbia.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 43, Public Lands: Interior, Pt. ...
Office of the Federal Register - 2010
Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a to a-7) — When required by Federal ... minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of Labor. ... and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) ...

[Matthew5]

Congress still controls the budget, right? Just don't cut him a check for the difference.

[Zippyjuan]

What the order does is requires any government contractors to pay all employes covered by that contract at least the new Federal Minimum Wage. It applies to all contracts signed in 2015 or later. These employees are paid directly by the contractor- not the US government though the wage costs are part of the contract amount so they do indirectly pay the wages.

[torchbearer]

What the order does is requires any government contractors to pay all employes covered by that contract at least the new Federal Minimum Wage. It applies to all contracts signed in 2015 or later. These employees are paid directly by the contractor- not the US government though the wage costs are part of the contract amount so they do indirectly pay the wages.

no. the tax payer and their unborn children will be paying those wage increases.

[mczerone]

So why wait until January 2015? If this is such a good thing, it should be part of all new contracts starting the afternoon he signed the EO.

And why only $10.10? These are employees of Federal contractors! They should be the shining example of a high minimum wage, he should have made it at least $17.50.

And, really, how many employees of Federal contractors get less than $10 an hour already? I'd be surprised if it was more than 2% of them.

So, big, gutsy move there Obama. You gave 200 people a raise of a few quarters starting next year. WOO HOO! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!



no. the tax payer and their unborn children will be paying those wage increases.

No. Tax payers pay the taxman. Once the money has left your hand, it's the State's money to do whatever States do. Step 1 in personal liberation is to distinguish your life from the State. You're not paying for wars, for oppression, for deleterious regulation; you're merely avoiding an audit or a cage by giving your share to the taxman.

[torchbearer]

So why wait until January 2015? If this is such a good thing, it should be part of all new contracts starting the afternoon he signed the EO.

And why only $10.10? These are employees of Federal contractors! They should be the shining example of a high minimum wage, he should have made it at least $17.50.

And, really, how many employees of Federal contractors get less than $10 an hour already? I'd be surprised if it was more than 2% of them.

So, big, gutsy move there Obama. You gave 200 people a raise of a few quarters starting next year. WOO HOO! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!




No. Tax payers pay the taxman. Once the money has left your hand, it's the State's money to do whatever States do. Step 1 in personal liberation is to distinguish your life from the State. You're not paying for wars, for oppression, for deleterious regulation; you're merely avoiding an audit or a cage by giving your share to the taxman.

the state produces nothing. it steals money in a protection racket.
that wealth comes from the producers and the future producers.
The money does not belong to the theif. It still belongs to the original owner, that is why it is just to take it back. It is still yours.

[Zippyjuan]

So why wait until January 2015? If this is such a good thing, it should be part of all new contracts starting the afternoon he signed the EO.

And why only $10.10? These are employees of Federal contractors! They should be the shining example of a high minimum wage, he should have made it at least $17.50.

And, really, how many employees of Federal contractors get less than $10 an hour already? I'd be surprised if it was more than 2% of them.

So, big, gutsy move there Obama. You gave 200 people a raise of a few quarters starting next year. WOO HOO! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!




No. Tax payers pay the taxman. Once the money has left your hand, it's the State's money to do whatever States do. Step 1 in personal liberation is to distinguish your life from the State. You're not paying for wars, for oppression, for deleterious regulation; you're merely avoiding an audit or a cage by giving your share to the taxman.

I think your 2% figure is correct- the estimated number of those who may eventually be paid more is about 200,000. These would be for example private companies contracted out to provide food service or cleaning or laundry for a government group or say military base.

A $2 increase for 200,000 people would cost about $800 million a year.

[Todd]

This is Brilliant plan. Next all he has to do is pass executive order to federalize all fast food restaurants. Then he can hire all workers who would fall under the federal contractor law.

[Zippyjuan]

This is Brilliant plan. Next all he has to do is pass executive order to federalize all fast food restaurants. Then he can hire all workers who would fall under the federal contractor law.

If he Nationalized all the fast food joints, they would become Federal Employees- not contractors- and would not be covered by the Executive Order. But companies like Pizza Hut and McDonalds are contractors- they provide food services at some military bases. And again, it would not be all Pizza Hut employees covered by the order if they successfully bid on a project- only those workers involved with the specific project covered by the bid.

[Matthew5]

Who pays the contractors, who will in turn bill the federal government at a higher rate? Still a congressional budget issue...