Introduced
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To revise a state “prevailing wage” law, which prohibits awarding government contracts to contractors who submit the lowest bid unless the contractor pays wages based on pay scales that local union officials represent as prevalent in a particular area. The bill would require the geographic areas and wage rates used under the is law to the ones set by the federal Department of Labor. Reportedly Michigan unions have created thousands of different wage and job classification categories that make complying with this law costly.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade
