Calling it one of President Biden’s “most significant actions to date,” AFGE hailed Friday’s announcement that the Biden administration is implementing an executive order to establish a $15 per hour minimum wage for federal government work. “Because 85% of federal workers live outside the DC area, it is hard to imagine a single action that could have a more significant positive impact on all American workers’ paychecks beyond raising the federal minimum wage itself, which would take an act of Congress,” said AFGE president Everett Kelley. Kelley said Biden’s move will raise the pay of nearly 70,000 American workers. “President Biden promised to be the most pro-union, pro-worker president in American history. Actions like these show he is delivering on that promise.” Comments are closed.
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