Operating Engineers 324 Endorses Gretchen Whitmer for Governor Former State Representative and Senator Has Proven Track Record on Fighting for Infrastructure and Wages EAST LANSING –– Operating Engineers 324 today endorsed Democrat Gretchen Whitmer for governor because of her proven track record of supporting working people, rebuilding our infrastructure, and protecting wages. Whitmer served more
Lawmakers throw Michigan workers to the curb, ram through prevailing wage repeal LANSING – Protect Michigan Jobs today slammed members of the Michigan House for their decision to side with out-of-state special interests and gut Michigan’s prevailing wage law. “It’s truly a disgrace and an outrage that the House rammed through a prevailing wage repeal
Report: Prevailing wage repeal hurts skilled workforce, construction economy A new study of Indiana’s prevailing wage repeal shows the repeal hurt state’s economy, workforce LANSING – A recent, in-depth and non-partisan impact study found Indiana’s 2015 repeal of the prevailing wage reduced worker pay and didn’t save taxpayers money on public works projects. “This study
The Bureau of Elections will review more than 4,000 of the signatures filed to repeal the prevailing wage law after the Board of State Canvassers unanimously rejected a request by petition sponsor Protecting Michigan Taxpayers to revive enough of the signatures in the smaller sample to put the measure on the ballot. But the board’s