Defense contract workers staged a strike Tuesday at the Port of Los Angeles over mis-classification of workers.

The strike happened on the day President Obama's Executive Order protecting low-wage workers from wage theft took effect.

Good Jobs Nation marked the occasion by launching a first of its kind hotline National Wage Theft Hotline where workers can report wage theft and get legal defense against it.

Joseph Geevarghese is National Campaign Director for Good Jobs Nation, which represents over two million low wage federal contract workers.

[Joseph Geevarghese]: "Good Jobs Nation's legal team has found that many federal contracts are awarded to irresponsible firms that routinely trample the rights of workers.

Over the last three years Good Jobs Nation has filed legal complaints on behalf of over 1,500 contract workers at the Senate, at the Pentagon and other national landmarks in order to recover over $5 million in stolen wages and damages."

The federal contractor wage theft hotline number is 1-800-PAY-FAIR.