Bill introduced to repeal prevailing wage changesDaily Reporter (blog)A bill that would repeal every change made to the state's prevailing wage law in the 2009-11 budget has been referred to the Assembly …
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Workers Demonstrate At Burien Fred Meyer Over “Unfair Wage Standard” – The B-Town Blog (blog)
Workers Demonstrate At Burien Fred Meyer Over “Unfair Wage Standard”The B-Town Blog (blog)The Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters has a labor dispute with Marquise Drywall which is a slated to perform work for BooCo Construction Company. …
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Minn. contractor awaits prevailing-wage ruling – Daily Reporter (blog)
Minn. contractor awaits prevailing-wage rulingDaily Reporter (blog)Minneapolis — A long-standing prevailing-wage dispute between Comstock Construction Inc. and the Minnesota Department of Transportation may …
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Bright and Shiny Upside for Copper and Gold Miners, Part 2 – Seeking Alpha (blog)
Bright and Shiny Upside for Copper and Gold Miners, Part 2Seeking Alpha (blog)Copper prices fell by 20% to as low as $6250 /ton in London, amid an initial knee-jerk reaction to the PBoC's tightening moves. …
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MIT scientist claims to have developed artificial photosynthesis – Better Generation (blog)
MIT scientist claims to have developed artificial photosynthesisBetter Generation (blog)Kocera claims the technology will be cheap but there is no indication of concrete prices. Details of a fully working model are still yet to be shown and …
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Stimulus Wimps – Atlantic Online (blog)
Stimulus WimpsAtlantic Online (blog)Let me pause on the middle obstacle to the mayors' proposal–determining prevailing wage scales. Heaven forbid that unemployed workers be allowed to work …
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Stimulus Wimps – Atlantic Online (blog)
Stimulus WimpsAtlantic Online (blog)The reference to "prevailing wages" is presumably to the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, still in force, which requires that workers employed on federally financed …
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Quinn camp: The votes and statments that make Bill Brady `extreme’ – Chicago Tribune (blog)
Quinn camp: The votes and statments that make Bill Brady `extreme'Chicago Tribune (blog)Brady voted against a bill that extended the scope of the Prevailing Wage Act to encompass public works projects financed in whole or in part by bonds …
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Shame On You, Big Labor – Big Government (blog)
Shame On You, Big LaborBig Government (blog)There are serious protests going on in Albuquerque by a local Carpenters union. But one company is fighting back and the story is starting …
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The Profitable Stocks behind Cash for Caulkers – Green Chip Stocks (blog)
The Profitable Stocks behind Cash for CaulkersGreen Chip Stocks (blog)My point is this: the Cash for Caulkers program supports just one more piece of a very profitable puzzle for Green Chip investors. …
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