Published: June 10, 2010
Tags: Brechlin, Gottschalk, Joe Daniels, Joe Daniels Construction, Madison Area Technical College, MATC, National Labor Relations Board, nonunion, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, prevailing wage, Scott Watson, union
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
The owner of a Madison construction company at the center of a Carpenters union protest is disputing claims that he underpays his workers.
Joe Daniels, president of Joe Daniels Construction Co. Inc., said the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters for the past year has protested at his office and near job sites [...]
Published: May 26, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, blog, Hot Topics, Mielke, prevailing wage, Snyder
By Paul Snyder
staff writer
I cannot say I was surprised Tuesday when I got word from John Mielke that the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. would not pursue further legal recourse against the state’s new prevailing wage law.
Published: May 24, 2010
Tags: Construction Business Group, Geurts, Outagamie County, Outagamie County Board of Supervisors, Pleuss, prevailing wage, Reinemann, repeal, Robb Kahl, Wisconsin Counties Association, Wisconsin County Highway Association
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Predicting a drain on their construction budget, Outagamie County officials are adding their voices to the chorus of boos directed at the state’s new prevailing wage law.
“We don’t have the authority to say we’re not going to abide by it,” said Jim Pleuss, chairman of the county’s Legislative/Audit and Human Resources Committee. “But [...]
Published: May 20, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Construction Business Group, Dane County Circuit Court, prevailing wage, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
By Paul Snyder
The state’s prevailing wage reporting requirements that were on hold while a judge considered a request for an injunction are back in effect.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge John Markson Thursday denied the request for an injunction by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. The ABC had sought the injunction to block [...]
Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: blog, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, Hot Topics, Mary Williams, prevailing wage, Snyder
By Paul Snyder
staff writer
Lawmakers at the Capitol are working hard to get a number of bills through before session ends Thursday.
Published: March 26, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, Dahms, Dane County Circuit Court, Dipko, DWD, Halverson Bros., Mielke, prevailing wage, spreadsheet, Thimm, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Wondra Construction
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Construction companies in Wisconsin are not convinced a revised prevailing wage reporting spreadsheet from the state will make their jobs any easier.
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has pared down what had been a 50-field spreadsheet to 34 fields, but Roger Thimm, controller of Iron Ridge-based Wondra Construction Inc., said the reporting will [...]
Published: March 18, 2010
Tags: blog, jobs bill, prevailing wage, Yovino
By Joe Yovino
Web editor
President Obama today signed into law the jobs bill that will provide $18 billion in tax breaks to businesses and pumps $20 billion into highway and transit programs. Don’t start gassing up all that idled machinery just yet Mr. Construction Industry.
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
Comments: 2
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: March 11, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, bill, Mary Williams, prevailing wage
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would repeal every change made to the state’s prevailing wage law in the 2009-11 budget has been referred to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.
The bill, authored by state Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, would reinstate a threshold of $234,000 as the point at which prevailing wages must be paid on [...]
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: Comstock Construction Inc., Minnesota Associated Builders and Contractors, Minnesota Department of Transportation, prevailing wage
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — A long-standing prevailing-wage dispute between Comstock Construction Inc. and the Minnesota Department of Transportation may be nearing a resolution.
During a recent administrative hearing at MnDOT’s headquarters in St. Paul, MnDOT deputy commissioner Khani Sahebjam heard arguments and said a ruling will be made “before 90 days.”
At issue is [...]
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