Prevailing wage advocates like the Economic Policy Institute, however, argue that without a rate floor, some contractors will cut wages in order to win projects rather than compete by finding other efficiencies. Despite the controversy, there are no signs that Davis-Bacon regulations are going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, the new Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, is a former union leader who supported a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour in Massachusetts, and President Joe Biden has made it clear that he wants to create “good union jobs” through his proposed infrastructure initiatives.
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