Someone on DailyKos said someone should do this -- Highlight what the President is, and has been, doing Right.
So here goes ...
For Immediate Release -- July 31, 2014
Executive Order -- Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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FAIR PAY AND SAFE WORKPLACES
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 40 U.S.C. 121, and in order to promote economy and efficiency in procurement by contracting with responsible sources who comply with labor laws, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. This order seeks to increase efficiency and cost savings in the work performed by parties who contract with the Federal Government by ensuring that they understand and comply with labor laws. Labor laws are designed to promote safe, healthy, fair, and effective workplaces. Contractors that consistently adhere to labor laws are more likely to have workplace practices that enhance productivity and increase the likelihood of timely, predictable, and satisfactory delivery of goods and services to the Federal Government. [...]
Sec. 2. Compliance with Labor Laws. (a) Pre-award Actions. (i) For procurement contracts for goods and services, including construction, where the estimated value of the supplies acquired and services required exceeds $500,000, each agency shall ensure [...] the following labor laws and Executive Orders (labor laws):
(A) the Fair Labor Standards Act;
(B) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970;
(C) the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act;
(D) the National Labor Relations Act;
(E) 40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV, also known as the Davis-Bacon Act;
(F) 41 U.S.C. chapter 67, also known as the Service Contract Act;
(G) Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965
(Equal Employment Opportunity);
(H) section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973;
(I) 38 U.S.C. 3696, 3698, 3699, 4214, 4301-4306, also known as the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974;
(J) the Family and Medical Leave Act;
(K) title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
(L) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;
(M) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967;
(N) Executive Order 13658 of February 12, 2014
(Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors); or
(O) equivalent State laws, as defined in guidance issued by the Department of Labor.
[...]
Just because we have a Republican-led Congress that is:
All Talk, No ACTION ...
-- Doesn't mean the President has to follow their lead. The Executive Branch does have certain Powers of its own ... Dagnabit!
Here's another E.O. Done Right, as referenced as 'a requirement' of the last one -- who knew?
Oh the nerve -- that those who perform work for our country, should actually be paid a decent wage -- even if they are workers, paid by a subcontractor of a contractor to the Government.
Oh the GOP horrors!
For Immediate Release -- February 12, 2014
Executive Order -- Minimum Wage for Contractors
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM WAGE FOR CONTRACTORS
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. 101 et seq., and in order to promote economy and efficiency in procurement by contracting with sources who adequately compensate their workers, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. This order seeks to increase efficiency and cost savings in the work performed by parties who contract with the Federal Government by increasing to $10.10 the hourly minimum wage paid by those contractors. Raising the pay of low-wage workers increases their morale and the productivity and quality of their work, lowers turnover and its accompanying costs, and reduces supervisory costs. These savings and quality improvements will lead to improved economy and efficiency in Government procurement.
Sec. 2. Establishing a minimum wage for Federal contractors and subcontractors. (a) Executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall, to the extent permitted by law, ensure that new contracts, [...] shall be at least:
(i) $10.10 per hour beginning January 1, 2015; and
(ii) beginning January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, an amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary). The amount shall be published by the Secretary at least 90 days before such new minimum wage is to take effect [...]
A search for other 'worthwhile' Executive Orders can be done
here.
Some in Government DO match their Talk, WITH Action ... sometimes.
And it's not like the President has over-used this Executive Power either -- hardly!
Especially when you compare his E.O. rate to the other presidents before him, Obama still has a ways to go -- to match their records of issuing similar such Presidential edicts.
Oh the horrors! ... More Stuff might actually get Done!