10/31/2008 - 2:19pm
The National Construction Agreement is designed to promote efficiency
of all construction operations, provide for a peaceful settlement of
labor disputes without strikes or lockouts, promoting timely and
economical completion of the project.
08/26/2008 - 3:10pm
In this extended, un-edited interview with KARE 11 News' reporter Rick Kupchella, attorney Brendan Cummins clearly outlines Minnesota's Prevailing Wage law. Cummins' responses to tough questions from Kupchella address several misconceptions about the law and provides some of the reasoning behind the Minnesota statute. It could be a valuable tool for workers should they need to explain the prevailing wage law to public officials and others who may have questions about it.
08/26/2008 - 3:01pm
In this extended, un-edited interview with KARE 11 News' reporter Rick Kupchella, attorney Brendan Cummins clearly outlines Minnesota's Prevailing Wage law. Cummins' responses to tough questions from Kupchella address several misconceptions about the law and provides some of the reasoning behind the Minnesota statute. It could be a valuable tool for workers should they need to explain the prevailing wage law to public officials and others who may have questions about it.
07/23/2008 - 2:45pm
A July 2008 study finds Prevailing Wage laws do not inflate government
construction costs: An
overwhelming preponderance of the literature shows that prevailing wage
regulations have no effect one way or the other on the cost to
governments of contracted public works projects.
05/20/2008 - 10:44am
It is a policy that places value on a highly skilled and productive workforce. It is a policy that promotes safe, high-quality construction projects. It is a policy that promotes the use of local contractors and local workers. Prevailing Wage does all this while making sure the state doesn't pay more than the typical rate on construction projects. By Dick Anfang and Gary Thaden
04/15/2008 - 2:24pm
Rising unemployment and health care costs, struggling schools and communities, broken levees and falling bridges – as the U.S. and Minnesota fail to invest in the future, the quality of life declines.
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is sponsoring a conference to analyze this problem – and discuss strategies for building a movement to reinvest.
08/01/2007 - 1:15pm
The University of Missouri has done the latest university based
research on the topic of Prevailing Wage.
07/23/2007 - 5:17am
Minnesota's prevailing wage law provides advantages for the state,
communities and workers that far outweigh any disadvantages, according
to a new economic report.
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07/22/2007 - 1:20pm
A total of 31 states and the District of Columbia have prevailing wage
laws. Such laws go back as far as 1891. The federal Davis-Bacon Act, on
which many state laws are patterned, was signed into law in 1931.
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07/22/2007 - 1:19pm
Jeffrey S. Petersen, Industrial Relations, V. 39, No. 2, April 2000.
This article examines the affect of state prevailing wage laws (PWLs)
on the amount and mix of wages and benefits paid to construction workers
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