Republicans Are Trying To Roll Back A Key Obama Accomplishment For Workers

Republicans are trying to keep taxpayer dollars flowing to companies that disregard employee safety and steal their workers’ wages.

The House approved a more than $600 billion spending package for the Department of Defense on Wednesday night, with majority conservatives blocking Democrats’ efforts to strip various tag-along measures from the appropriations bill.

The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes policy riders that would roll back two of President Obama’s signature achievements in the multi-billion-dollar world of government contracting. A provision allowing contractors to fire workers over their sexual orientation or gender identity has received significant attention and criticism from LGBT groups and from Democrats in Washington....
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/05/19/3779819/defense-funding-wage-theft-gop/