… law and reinstating a prevailing wage mandate for state construction … research on the impacts of prevailing wage and supported its repeal … its anti-competitive prevailing wage law, state construction jobs and wages both increased significantly. Reinstating prevailing wage is a misguided decision …
… which eliminate costly “prevailing wage” mandates on public construction … workforce. Michigan's "prevailing wage" law mandated union wage scales on public construction … expensive firms. “Michigan's prevailing wage law was the most stringent … Following the repeal of prevailing wage, the Legislature passed …
… secret ballot in government unions’ organizing elections. SB 210 is the keystone of a package of reform bills that would also repeal the state’s “prevailing wage” law, which costs taxpayers by inflating the price of state construction contracts. Another bill in the package would also prohibit the withholding …
… Income tax changes State revenue sharing with local governments School rankings and accountability Educational choice Higher education funding Prevailing wage repeal Infrastructure spending Auto insurance changes Economic development and corporate welfare State energy policy Environmental regulation …
… MIDLAND — Expanding the prevailing wage requirement in the city … study on the state’s prevailing wage law. News reports indicate … ordinance that would impose a prevailing wage requirement on private … government projects to pay the prevailing wage — usually the union wage — to workers. Paul Kersey, …
… estimates that Michigan’s prevailing wage law, which requires union wages to be paid on state construction … the study. Michigan’s prevailing wage law also appears to decrease … Mackinac Center. "Michigan’s prevailing wage law effectively boosts … what Michigan law calls a ‘prevailing’ wage is actually an above-market …
… addition, savings can be achieved by consolidating the number of road agencies involved in Michigan road building and maintenance, eliminating prevailing wage laws, closing loopholes in registration fee collections and adopting other common-sense measures." Pavement with remaining service life in good …
… for two major reforms: exempting the state’s school system from the Prevailing Wage Act, which regulates contracting for construction services; and changing … services and save money on health insurance costs. Reed argued that the Prevailing Wage Act raises construction prices for schools by $150 million annually …
… Aid Fund subsidy entirely (Gov. Granholm’s modified budget reduces it to $139 million); and $150 million to $400 million – repeal the state’s “prevailing wage act” which increases construction costs on public projects. Exempting schools alone from the act, as Ohio has already done, would save public …
… Bay County also has a prevailing wage ordinance, which dictates wages for workers employed on county … experience, show that the prevailing wage law alone drives up the … can still compete under prevailing wage laws, PLAs take non-union … information on the effects of prevailing wage laws, see the Mackinac …
… and others indicates that state economies grow faster in right-to-work states than they do in states without right-to-work laws. Repeal the prevailing-wage law. Michigan spends about $400 million more than necessary each year on government-funded construction projects because of this law. Reform …
… state law that establishes wage rates for workers on state … that the law, called a "prevailing wage" law, inflated government-funded … Policy Robert Hunter, the prevailing wage law is a luxury the state … costs from repeal of the prevailing wage would more than make up … citizens." The state’s prevailing wage law effectively requires …
… every year: Michigan's prevailing wage law. The state could thereby … Instead, Michigan's prevailing wage law prohibits awarding … the contractor pays "prevailing wages," which are based on union pay scales. These wage rates are usually well above … repeal of Michigan's prevailing wage law. This is a conservative …
MIDLAND— "Prevailing wage" laws, which mandate union-scale wages for all work involving state … should repeal the state's prevailing wage law, say study author … suggest that Michigan's prevailing wage law stifles economic growth, … months when Michigan's prevailing wage law was inoperative with …
