A union-aligned contractors group released a report Monday finding that amount of municipal contracts going to out-of-state companies increased by 53 percent in the first four months since Wisconsin rolled back its prevailing-laws this year.

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A group of Wisconsin contractors has released a study arguing that getting rid of the state's prevailing-wage requirements would harm productivity, safety and wages.

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If Wisconsin wishes to continue to keep our strong reputation for building high-quality projects -- and to ensure there are qualified workers to fill the many jobs that remain open -- the answer does not lie in reducing blue-collar worker wages and training.

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The right-to-work bill moving quickly through the Wisconsin Legislature would not directly ban the collection of fees used to pay for the training of union workers.

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Various union leaders said Friday they do not know if there is much to gain by responding to a proposed right-to-work bill by organizing protests similar to those that failed four years ago to prevent Republican lawmakers from curtailing most public workers’ collective bargaining rights.

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The Wisconsin Legislature will take up a right-to-work bill next week in a surprise move that runs contrary to the wishes of likely 2016 presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker who had urged lawmakers to delay any debate until later in the year.

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A state representative said Friday that he and 39 of his fellow state Assembly members had, by early Friday afternoon, put their names on a bill that would eliminate Wisconsin’s prevailing-wage law.

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In fighting a push to make Wisconsin a right-to-work state, a contractors group is trying to hit state Republican lawmakers where it hurts.

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A group of business leaders opposed to making Wisconsin a right-to-work state announced 50 new members Monday, while Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said any debate over the idea likely won't happen until after the April 7 election.

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Right-to-work laws have been characterized as clubs that business executives can use on workers, but 300 private contractors have joined a coalition in Wisconsin arguing that such perceptions do not apply to the trades.

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