July 16, 2015

Scott Walker's latest anti-worker move will risk shoddy construction but won't save money

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/14/1402247/-Scott-Walker-s-latest-anti-worker-move-will-risk-shoddy-construction-but-won-t-save-money
"One of the anti-worker pieces of the budget Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed over the weekend partially repeals the state's longstanding prevailing wage law. Prevailing wage laws set a floor on what construction workers on publicly funded projects can earn, according to typical local wage levels. But repealing them doesn't just hurt workers—it hurts the communities that end up with shoddy work and it hurts high-road business owners who value their skilled workers. Oh, and it doesn't save money"