Prevailing wage a sham
At least tacit proof that someone admits that "prevailing wage" is a sham (I recommend BugMeNot if you don't have a subscription and wish to keep your privacy). If the prevailing wage was representative of the local, average wage, there should be no difference if someone switches to using it, but these politicians are only claiming "minor". It will surprise you to know that these politicians think that adding a solar collector to your house is considered to be a "large installation project".
It is well known among construction workers that Davis-Bacon "prevailing" wages are worth up to three times the actual local wages. In fact, historically, enforcing higher-than-average wages was the goal of Davis-Bacon. How else could they keep black workers out of lucrative federal contracts?
More recently, there was a scandal during the Clinton years that local union officials were working in collusion with local DoL bureaucrats to jawbone-up the prevailing wage, but that story died quickly and mysteriously. Anybody know what happened?
It is well known among construction workers that Davis-Bacon "prevailing" wages are worth up to three times the actual local wages. In fact, historically, enforcing higher-than-average wages was the goal of Davis-Bacon. How else could they keep black workers out of lucrative federal contracts?
More recently, there was a scandal during the Clinton years that local union officials were working in collusion with local DoL bureaucrats to jawbone-up the prevailing wage, but that story died quickly and mysteriously. Anybody know what happened?
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