Hundreds of federal contractors went on strike on Tuesday, calling on President Obama to make provisions that would require federal contractors to pay higher wages. A new report found that federal contracts are responsible for about 500,000 jobs where workers make less than $12 an hour. Workers say that their salaries are not enough to get by, and that they need to have better wages.
See "Hundreds of low-wage workers go on strike in D.C.", Ned Resnikoff, msnbc.com, May 20, 2013