Government Contracting as Social Policy Shaper?

"The Obama administration is planning to use the government's enormous buying power to prod private companies to improve wages and benefits for millions of workers, according to White House officials and several interest groups briefed on the plan."  Business leaders are skeptical and see a big-labor bias...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/business/26procure.html?th&emc=th