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The pay legally cannot be shit. If it was allowed to be shit, contractors would lower wages and hire more people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93B
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
The pay legally cannot be shit. If it was allowed to be shit, contractors would lower wages and hire more people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Bacon_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Bacon_Act
(Back in the day, contractors were hiring black workers and bypassing the more expensive white-only unions. Davis Bacon was passed to fix the "problem" of free markets overcoming racism.)
- tedmiston 10y agoFrom the CityLab link above: > Thus it has, according to a study from the conservative Heartland Institute, calculated prevailing wages at 22 percent above BLS figures, forcing higher prices. Well shit is relative, I guess.