Prevailing wages are important to workers, contractors and taxpayers

Prevailing wages are important to workers, contractors and taxpayers

Prevailing wages do not increase the cost of publicly funded construction projects. In those states that have repealed prevailing wage laws, the promise of lower-cost public construction projects never materialized. Casually concluding that eliminating prevailing wage requirements will automatically reduce construction costs is an out-of-touch misconception of today’s economic environment. Prevailing wages create a level playing field by establishing reasonable wages and benefits for workers building our state’s infrastructure projects.

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2019/08/16/Prevailing-wages-are-important-to-workers-contractors-and-taxpayers/stories/201908160043

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