(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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Topics: ap the gop gov rick snyder november patrick devlin michigan building construction trades council associated builders contractors washington d.c abc's michigan michigan freedom fund amway devos the michigan public vote repeal prevailing wage wage law nonunion projects wages union government workers
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