a congressional budget office report says president barack obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."
a congressional budget office report says president barack obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the economy 500,000 jobs."
kai ryssdal
feb 20, 2014 ... raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour would cost the u.s. ...  president barack obama's quest to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an  ... signed an executive order raising the wage for workers on new federal  contracts. ... the cbo report said that the increased cost of labor would ...
a congressional budget office report says president barack obama's executive  order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers "will cost the ...
feb 20, 2014 ... best states ... gap will raise its minimum wage to $9 this year. ... an executive  order raising the minimum wage for workers under federal ... also follows the  release of a report from the congressional budget office ... federal wage  increase would eliminate about 500,000 jobs in 2016. ... best price program.
feb 19, 2014 ... president obama praised gap inc. on wednesday after it announced plans to  gradually raise the minimum wage it pays its u.s. workers to $10 per hour. ...  budget office that shows raising the federal minimum wage could help lift  900,000 workers out of poverty but at a cost of as many as 500,000 jobs.
congressional budget office: raising federal minimum wage would cost 500,000  jobs ... federal wage increase takes full effect in 2016, according to a new report  by ... inslee says he might raise minimum wage for state workers by executive  order, ... after meeting with president barack obama and vice president joe  biden.