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Prevailing Wage
National
Michigan repeals ‘right-to-work’ and restores prevailing wage
Democratic majorities voted to repeal a “right-to-work” law that GOP legislators passed in 2012, and restore the state prevailing wage law.
Workers Rights
Oregon’s prevailing wage law investigated
A new study finds that Oregon's prevailing wage law raises the wages of workers on public construction projects, but not the project cost.
National
GOP lawmakers in Michigan repeal state prevailing wage
The 50-year-old law prevented contractors from driving down wages to win bids on public construction projects.
National
U.S. House votes down effort to weaken federal prevailing wage
SW Washington’s Jamie Herrera Beutler votes to cut Davis-Bacon.
Politics
Oregon University System prevailing wage bill passes Senate, 27-2
No more end-runs around prevailing wage at state universities
