Please support HD106/SD714 - Offsite fabrication legislation!
Why is this legislation important? Across the Commonwealth, unscrupulous contractors can flout prevailing wage laws by paying workers as little as possible simply because the work is being done in a shop rather than in the field. This bill closes that loophole, ensuring that taxpayer dollars on those projects make their way to worker paychecks, feeding families and our local economy.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
- When companies pay the prevailing rate, there's no incentive to import workers from out of state and pay them lesser wages.
- There's no gender/racial pay disparity with prevailing wage. The rate is the rate, and it's a wage a worker can reasonably live on.
- Taxpayers get transparency, training standards, and quality work for their hard-earned investment in these projects.
Why you should act now:
- When companies exploit this loophole and undercut bids, they put good contractors who create great jobs at a competitive disadvantage.
- Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize the profits of contractors who don't want to pay workers prevailing wage on publicly funded projects.
- 75,000 building trade union members represent the largest workforce in the state. When they get cheated, the state loses revenue and local economies lose out on local spending.
Please support HD106/SD714 - Offsite fabrication legislation!
Why is this legislation important? Across the Commonwealth, unscrupulous contractors can flout prevailing wage laws by paying workers as little as possible simply because the work is being done in a shop rather than in the field. This bill closes that loophole, ensuring that taxpayer dollars on those projects make their way to worker paychecks, feeding families and our local economy.
THIS LEGISLATION WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
- When companies pay the prevailing rate, there's no incentive to import workers from out of state and pay them lesser wages.
- There's no gender/racial pay disparity with prevailing wage. The rate is the rate, and it's a wage a worker can reasonably live on.
- Taxpayers get transparency, training standards, and quality work for their hard-earned investment in these projects.
Why you should act now:
- When companies exploit this loophole and undercut bids, they put good contractors who create great jobs at a competitive disadvantage.
- Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize the profits of contractors who don't want to pay workers prevailing wage on publicly funded projects.
- 75,000 building trade union members represent the largest workforce in the state. When they get cheated, the state loses revenue and local economies lose out on local spending.