“What you are doing today is exposing the collusion between the federal government and low wages, here and across America,” Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) told the workers.

Employees of vendors that operate concessions inside the Smithsonian Institution’s museums are picketing along the National Mall today in protest over low wages.

Groups of workers employed in service jobs at federal buildings around D.C. are picketing this morning outside the landmark sites at which they are employed over their low wages.