Press Contacts:
Isaiah Breen(Ellison) 202-225-4755
Dan Linder(Grijalva) 202-225-2435
David Kolovson (Pocan) 202-225-2906
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, December 7th, Sen. Sanders, Rep. Ellison, Rep. Pocan, Rep. Schakowsky, and fellow members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will address low-wage federal contract workers as they call on President-elect Trump to stop all federal contractors from shipping jobs overseas and stealing pay from U.S. workers.
The federal government is America’s leading low-wage job employer, with more than 2 million jobs in the private sector through contracts, loans, and grants. A new study shows that federal contractors steal as much as $2.5 billion from contract workers annually by paying them less than the minimum wage, forcing them to work off the clock, and by misclassifying workers as “independent contractors.”
WHO: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), additional CPC Members, actor and activist Danny Glover, and Wage Theft Victims on Federal Contracts
WHAT: Media event demanding President-elect Trump keep his promise to workers
WHERE: Freedom Plaza, 13th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW
WHEN: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 10 AM
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