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President Biden released a video specifically for career federal employees that agencies have sent around in the opening days of his administration, delivering a message of trust and appreciation from their new chief executive.
Biden followed up that rhetoric with a series of actionable items on Friday, including a directive that more federal employees earn at least $15 per hour. The president distributed the video and launched the new initiatives as he seeks to establish a new tone and relationship between the political side of the executive branch and the career workforce.
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Biden seeks a $15 minimum wage for feds and contractors January 22 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 22 to boost paychecks for low-wage federal employees and contractors. (iStock/Getty Images) President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to boost the economy by pursuing a $15 minimum wage for federal employees and contractors. “If we act now, the economy will be stronger in both the short and long run,” Biden said of the orders he signed Friday. “If we act now, we will be better able to meet our moral obligations to each other as Americans.” The order instructs the Office of Personnel Management to develop recommendations to agencies that would ensure as many as possible are paid at least $15 per hour.
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President Biden’s New Executive Actions Deliver Economic Relief for American Families and Businesses Amid COVID-19 Crises
The White House
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the United States economy into an economic crisis. Across the country, more than 10 million Americans are unemployed, 14 million renters are behind on payments, and 29 million adults – and at least 8 million children – are struggling with food insecurity. Because of pervasive systemic racism and inequality in our economy, the burdens of this economic crisis are hitting communities of color and other underserved families hardest. One in ten Black workers and one in eleven Latino workers are unemployed. Navigating through the current crisis and emerging stronger requires immediate action to provide equitable economic relief to working families everywhere.