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They imposed a 10% reduction on its contractors' wages from 1 January.
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Operations contractor wages did not significantly affect average cost.
Also, for states facing hiring freezes or difficulties in recruiting technical staff, hiring contractors may be a cost-effective option; developmental contractor salaries were associated with a slight decrease in average costs and operational contractor wages did not significantly affect average costs.
The president also surprised observers by using his executive power more aggressively to insist that government contractors pay good wages and not violate workers' right to organize.
Despite these long hours, it's still a struggle to pay for basic necessities like food and housing on the low wages airline contractors pay.
Others say their accreditation was delayed by struggles to make contractors pay the living wage.
Writing jointly with Unison general secretary Dave Prentis in the Observer, the former foreign secretary suggested local authorities and other employers could be offered financial incentives for insisting private contractors pay the living wage.
Another welcome move was an announcement by President Obama that an Executive Order that raises new federal contractors' minimum wages to $10.10 an hour would include workers with disabilities.
Today, there is rampant insecurity for freelancers and contractors, where wages can significantly change from week to week.
According to research by University of Colorado economics professor Daphne Greenwood, when contractors cut wages, public service workers have less income to spend in their communities.
And there is a larger concern: the government has been cracking down on companies that treat workers as contractors for wage, tax and benefit purposes but as employees when it comes to their work duties.
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