Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, repeal, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, Toles
By Paul Snyder
Political resistance and timing could spoil the construction industry’s chance to speak out on a bill that would repeal the state’s new prevailing wage law.
“If we’re just looking at repealing all the work we did last year to get this into the budget, I don’t know that I’m going to hold a hearing,” [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: ABC, Assembly Committee on Labor, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Balko, Construction Business Group, Eagle Construction, Kahl, law, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, threshold
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would repeal every prevailing wage law change enacted in last year’s state budget faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Legislature.
State Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, has drafted a bill that would reinstate a threshold of $234,000 as the point at which prevailing wages must be paid on public projects. The threshold [...]
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Brian Mitchell, Construction Business Group, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, law, Markson, Melli Law SC, prevailing wage, Robb Kahl, wage reporting, wages, Wanta, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, Witte, WTBA
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Three contractor groups are aligning themselves with the Department of Workforce Development in support of changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
Those groups — the Construction Business Group, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association — have filed a motion to support the law changes under review by Dane [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: A&A Environmental, Ahern Gross, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Badger Well Drilling, Ballwanz, Construction Business Group, DWD, Forrer, Gassman, Jim Doyle, Kahl, Masonry Restoration, Mielke, prevailing wage, Sopha, spreadsheet, Steffes, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Construction companies are disputing the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s claim it adequately prepared the industry for changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
The changes require contractors file monthly reports on prevailing-wage payments on public works projects valued at $25,000 or more. DWD first made the 50-field reporting spreadsheet available in January, weeks [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, ABC, AGC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, clean energy, coalition, Dane County, Department of Natural Resources, diesel, DNR, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, Hiniker, Hulsey, idling, John Anderson, Miller, Plale, Tom Walker, Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Fearing a diesel emissions crackdown that could cripple construction company budgets, industry groups want new rules approved before the state has a chance to study the issue.
The Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition — with the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and [...]
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, blog, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, Hot Topics, thompson
By Chris Thompson
editor
When cornered, leaders of government agencies often cover their eyes, shut their mouths and fire off vaguely worded press releases.
Published: February 4, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Carroll Electric, Dane County Circuit Court, DWD, Eckenwalder, Gassman, H & N Plumbing & Heating, Henkel, Jones, Markson, Mielke, Reesman Jr., Reesman's Excavating & Grading, Synowski, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Complying with the state’s new prevailing-wage reporting law is coming at heavy costs to contractors throughout Wisconsin.
Under the state’s new prevailing-wage law, contractors are required to file monthly reports that detail prevailing-wage payments on any public works project valued at $25,000 or more. The spreadsheet the state Department of Workforce Development wants contractors [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, contractors, Dane County Circuit Court, DWD, injunction, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued a press release late Tuesday informing contractors that the state’s prevailing wage law is still in effect.
The announcement followed a report by the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., which has filed an injunction in Dane County Circuit Court against the law. ABC said Tuesday that DWD [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Jones, Mielke, prevailing wage, reporting, Thimm, WDW, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Wondra Construction
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
Acting on industrywide confusion over the state’s new prevailing-wage requirements, the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. on Friday requested an injunction to block enforcement of the law.
“On the most basic level, it’s a bad law,” said John Mielke, ABC vice president.
ABC filed the request in Dane County Circuit Court and expects [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, Boycks, Colin Teska, Department of Commerce, Emons, Iron Workers Local 8, ironworkers, Jorgensen, journeyman, legislation, licensure, master, Reihl, Sinicki, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters
By Paul Snyder
Authors of a bill that would require licensure of ironworkers in Wisconsin are working on amendments to quell growing opposition in the construction industry.
Critics argue the bill is a thinly veiled jurisdiction grab and say passage will result in contractors losing flexibility to select workers and nonunion or other unions losing the ability [...]
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