Outsourcing poverty: Federal contracting pushes down wages and benefits
By Kathryn Edwards
Kai Filion
February 11, 2009
February 11, 2009 | EPI Issue Brief #250
Outsourcing poverty
Federal contracting pushes down wages and benefits
by Kathryn Edwards and Kai Filion
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