Trump nixes $17.75 minimum wage for federal contractors adopted by Biden

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Source: Reuters

March 17, 2025 1:31 PM EDTUpdated an hour ago


March 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order issued by his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, that required businesses that contract with the federal government to pay workers a minimum wage of $17.75 an hour.

Trump, a Republican, late on Friday repealed nearly 20 Biden-era memos and executive orders touching on a range of topics, including the 2021 mandate that significantly raised pay for workers on federal contracts. Biden had initially raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour with automatic updates, and it rose to $17.75 in January. Federal contractors, including many of the country's largest companies, employ roughly 20% of the U.S. workforce.

For contracts entered into before Biden's order took effect on January 30, 2022, contractors will be required to pay workers $13.30 an hour under an Obama-era executive order. Other contractors will only be required to pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour or applicable state minimum wages of up to $17.50 an hour.

President Barack Obama, a Democrat, had raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 in 2014, with periodic increases. Biden's order replaced that mandate, but did not repeal it.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-extend-block-trump-administration-ordering-mass-firings-2025-03-13/

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Scraping every penny, literally like digging between the sofa cushions looking for money to give to the billionaires.

Contractors are much more than 20% of the federal workforce. It's closer to 50%.



(from here - https://www.brookings.edu/articles/is-government-too-big-reflections-on-the-size-and-composition-of-todays-federal-government/)

[rickyhall]

1. Shitwages continue

[Hope22]

2. It's not possible to have a country that reverts back to the 1980s every four years.

You can’t plan or move ahead or have confidence that the shit shoe will take back all forward progress. This is completely exhausting.

[JoseBalow]

3. Where in the US can this be considered a livable wage?

How can a person survive on that?

[BigmanPigman]

4. The GOP is a gang of sadists.

They actually enjoy harming people and other sadists continue to support and vote these evil spawn over and over and over. They all need severe, ongoing mental health services.