Prevailing Wage Law: Backers Ask For Public Vote On Repeal

By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: Business
Sat, 10/03/2015 - 11:50am

(AP) — The best chance advocates have to save a Michigan law that promises better wages on public works projects is if Republican legislators ignore a petition initiative and instead let voters decide the fate of prevailing wage. The 50-year-old statute requires workers on state-financed government construction projects to be paid local wage and benefit rates, which are based on union contracts. GOP Gov.

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Prevailing Wage Law: Backers Ask For Public Vote On Repeal

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