{"id":22827,"date":"2013-12-12T14:44:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=22827"},"modified":"2013-12-12T14:44:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:44:22","slug":"senator-harkin-calls-for-investigation-of-contractors-with-labor-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/senator-harkin-calls-for-investigation-of-contractors-with-labor-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Harkin Calls for Investigation of Contractors With Labor Violations","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>A top Senate Democrat is calling on the Obama administration to scrutinize federal contractors\u2019 compliance with labor laws, citing results of a congressional investigation that showed widespread violations of the law. A top Senate Democrat is calling on the Obama administration to scrutinize federal contractors\u2019 compliance with labor laws, citing results of a congressional investigation that showed widespread violations of the law. The findings\u00a0were outlined Wednesday by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions\u00a0 Chairman\u00a0Tom Harkin\u00a0(D., Iowa). The year-long probe conducted by his staff\u00a0 found that nearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe findings<\/a>\u00a0were outlined Wednesday by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions\u00a0 Chairman\u00a0Tom Harkin<\/strong>\u00a0(D., Iowa). The year-long probe conducted by his staff\u00a0 found that nearly 30% of companies hit with the highest penalties for federal labor-law violations are also federal contractors.
\nYou can read more about this story\u00a0via the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"