The Hill: Federal contract workers file complaint to Labor Dept. over low wages

http://thehill.com/regulation/238308-federally-contracted-workers-file-low-wage-complaint-with-labor-department

By Lydia Wheeler - 04/09/15 10:49 AM EDT

Federally contracted employees in the Department of Education, National Park Service and National Zoo announced plans Thursday to file a complaint over low wages with the Department of Labor.

Good Jobs Nation (GJN), which is advocating for the low-wage workers, said these federally contracted employees have been deprived of over $1.58 million in unpaid wages and benefits.

“The Return of Federal Sweatshops, How America’s Broken Contract Wage Laws Fail Workers,” a report the group released Thursday, found that janitors in the Education Department are getting paid a base wage between $9.10 and 9.65 an hour with no benefits, sick leave or vacation.

The minimum wage for janitors in Washington, D.C., is $11.83 per hour plus $4.02 per hour in health and welfare benefits, 10 paid holidays and up to four weeks' paid vacation depending on seniority.

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