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 ...

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By Sean Ryan The federal government Tuesday officially shifted toward project labor agreements, confirming the fears of nonunion contractors. Starting May 13, federal agencies can require PLAs on projects that receive more than $25 million in federal money. Mike Zignego, ...

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By Sean Ryan Two of the nation’s largest construction associations oppose a health care reform bill because, they argue, it threatens competition and would boost the cost of doing business. “All around, it’s an awful deal,” said Geoff Burr, vice ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] As a national argument rages over project-labor agreements on federal contracts, the city of Superior, which approved similar rules last year, is applying them to projects without much fuss. The same dispute often pops up when government ...

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Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — A nationally significant lawsuit that pitted a local pipefitters union against a nonunion contractor has had its day in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court, but the final verdict may arrive until the ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] A proposed federal rule requiring job site posters that outline a worker’s right to join a union will have little effect if nobody reads the signs. According to the poster written by the Department of Labor, workers ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Months of debate over whether expanding the reach of prevailing wage would ruin the industry did little to persuade contractors to fill out the state survey. “Typically we don’t,” said Gregory Reesman Jr., president of Reesman’s Excavating ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] 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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Sean Ryan [email protected] Nonunion contractors are backing a federal bill that would protect them from hiring union organizers. But even if the bill becomes law, those contractors still must navigate the rough legal waters of proving an applicant’s true intention. ...

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