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The June 18 opinion column by State Sen. Andre Jacque is, unfortunately, only an opinion.
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Read More »OPINION: Davis-Bacon essential to protecting middle-class prosperity
With a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on the horizon in Washington, D.C., many people expect the Trump administration, Congress and the Senate to work diligently to ensure the prosperity of American workers. Unfortunately, some Wisconsin politicians like State Sen. Andre Jacque are seeking to attack and diminish the best economic policy for preserving the wealth of construction workers.
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Read More »OPINION: Before pumping money into infrastructure, repeal costly Davis-Bacon Act
Federal infrastructure investments can play a key role in establishing jobs and promoting a fuller economic recovery in the aftermath of our nation’s COVID-19 response — if we get the details right.
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Read More »Report contends Davis-Bacon stymies competition, costs taxpayers; but authors acknowledge shortcomings
Three years since Wisconsin lawmakers repealed prevailing wage on state and local jobs in Wisconsin, critics of the policy are still debating if the state is better off without it.
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Read More »OPINION: A mainstream perspective on prevailing wage
Recently a spokesperson for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce told the Wisconsin State Journal, “We don’t want to make it too comfortable to remain unemployed.”
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Read More »Like everything, construction projects are better with (Davis) Bacon
Today there is a new and more compelling reason to keep Davis-Bacon and prevailing-wage laws.
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Read More »Don’t be fooled, Wisconsin should repeal what’s left of prevailing wage
State lawmakers did all Wisconsinites a favor in 2015 by repealing most of our state’s prevailing wage laws — government mandates that require private contractors to pay artificially high wages on public construction projects.
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