💰Trump Cuts Worker Wages: When Paychecks Become Political
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President Trump eliminated the $17.75 minimum wage for federal contract workers, potentially cutting pay for hundreds of thousands of private sector employees. By tearing up a Biden-era executive order that set a minimum wage for workers on federal contracts, the Trump administration has made some private sector workers vulnerable to pay cuts of up to 25 percent.
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What was the minimum wage for federal contract workers before Trump eliminated it?
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When did Trump issue the executive order cutting federal contract wages?
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What's the minimum wage for a food service worker on federal contracts in Mississippi?
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What law covers wage standards for federal construction projects?
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When did Biden first establish higher minimum wages for federal contractors?
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How much potential wage loss could some federal contract workers face?
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Which worker would see the smallest wage cut under Trump's changes?
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How long has the federal government used contracting to set wage standards?
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What executive power did Trump use to cut federal contractor wages?
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Who ultimately pays the wages of federal contract workers?
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What law establishes minimum prevailing wages for federal service contracts?
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What's the current federal minimum wage that most workers receive?
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What 1938 law gives presidents authority to set wages for federal contractors?
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What was the original minimum wage Biden set for federal contractors in 2021?
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What federal law from 1931 first required prevailing wages on federal construction projects?
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The wage cuts only affected new federal contracts, not existing ones.
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A federal judge blocked Trump from ending union bargaining for federal workers.
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Federal contract workers lost the right to overtime pay under Trump's changes.
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The federal government uses private contractors to provide military uniforms.
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Market wages under existing laws are updated frequently to keep up with inflation.
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