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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 »Dispute over contract leads to drunken brawl between union, Superior officials
Superior city council members' decision to award a public contract to a non-union company turned into a barroom brawl during an encounter at a local saloon, leading to the arrest of two union officials.
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Read More »Industry group skeptical of proposal to suspend prevailing wages on federal highway work
A member of the U.S. Senate says his bill to eliminate prevailing-wage requirements on federal highway projects would allow federal tax dollars to be spent more efficiently.
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Read More »Federal court excludes public-private project from Davis-Bacon (UPDATE)
A prominent East Coast construction union has lost its fight to have a public-private project fall under federal prevailing-wage requirements.
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Read More »Lawmakers seek to lower road costs with swap of federal money
By helping local governments avoid federal prevailing wages and regulations on road projects, lawmakers are hoping to make the state’s tight transportation budget stretch further.
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Read More »FBI investigates Westlawn contractor over prevailing wage claims
A New Berlin contractor is being investigated by federal authorities for allegedly lying about paying prevailing wages to those who worked on the city of Milwaukee’s first phase of the Westlawn revitalization project.
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Read More »Doubling down on prevailing wages
Wisconsin’s prevailing wage laws should be changed so projects covered by the federal Davis-Bacon Act also would not be subject to the state’s standards.
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Read More »Minnesota toys with prevailing wage reform
By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Unions and open-shop contractors are at loggerheads over a bill that would change the way workers are compensated on state-assisted construction projects. Minnesota House File 722 would modify the state’s prevailing wage ...
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Read More »Builders wait for federal PLA rules
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A delay in enacting the federal government’s support of project-labor agreements on contracts is frustrating some unions and giving nonunion builders a short respite. President Barack Obama on Feb. 6 signed an order lifting the federal government’s ...
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