Norton to Introduce Worker Protection Bill at Union Station Press Conference Tomorrow

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join hundreds of federal contract workers tomorrow in front of Union Station to introduce the Restore Opportunity, Strengthen, and Improve the Economy (ROSIE) Act. The ROSIE Act incentivizes, through preferential points awarded in the bidding process, federal government contractors who support workers' collective bargaining, pay living wages and benefits, stop wage theft, and do not pay CEOs excessive salaries. Norton will be announcing the ROSIE Act with the organization known as Better Jobs Nation, a federal workers' rights advocacy group.

"The ROSIE Act is one of the many steps our country can take to increase the living wage," Norton said. "Current federal contracting guidelines are written in a way that often rewards bad behavior, in this case, private sector employers paying their workers sub-standard wages. This bill will help reward the contractors who believe in investing in their workers with better wages and stronger rights for them to be able to live more comfortable lives."

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