Tag: prevailing wage
Republicans using preemption laws to stop local governments from improving the...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
A recent wave of anti-worker preemption laws have swept across the country in the last decade striking down local government efforts to...
New study once again debunks Prevailing Wage law distortions
Missouri legislators should take note of New York study as the same concepts prevail here
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
The anticipated assault on Missouri’s Prevailing Wage law...
Missouri contractors stand united against repeal of prevailing wage
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
Jefferson City – A group of Missouri construction industry leaders representing 14 trade associations and 100,000 workers recently voiced unanimous opposition to...
Construction workers: save prevailing wage, your paycheck. Call, write, email legislators...
Direct connect service available. Lawmakers home all this week.
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
The campaign to talk sense to Missouri Republican legislators over the prevailing wage issue...
Construction workers, your paycheck is under attack
Take 3 minutes to protect it. Here’s how
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
With an effort to destroy prevailing wages for the building trades in Missouri, the St....
Missouri AFL-CIO tracking more than 130 bills attacking workers
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
As if passage of the phony “right-to-work” (for less) law wasn’t a big enough blow to Missouri workers, Republican legislators are...
Prevailing wage repeal: a con job
By Frank Manzo IV
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Among the first in a series of attacks on unions in the upcoming legislative session this month besides the...
RTW, other anti-union measures pre-filed in Missouri legislature
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
As expected, “right-to-work” has reared its ugly head in the Missouri legislature, along with a host of anti-worker legislation designed to cripple...
Prevailing wage, health and child care, voter registration bills lead veto...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – When the Illinois Legislature reconvenes after a general election, it is known as the “veto session” because it...
Illinois Legislature moves to protect prevailing wage
Bill is on governor’s desk
Springfield, IL – The Illinois Legislature has approved legislation designed to strengthen the state’s prevailing wage laws against the Republican state...