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Publication Date: June 2008
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): James Sherk
Research Area: Environment; Labor
Keywords: Labor; Labor; lieberman-warner; construction
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Three sections of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 3036) would extend the reach of the Davis-Bacon Act into private-sector construction. Under Davis-Bacon, Congress requires federal construction contractors to pay "prevailing" wages to prevent the government's buying power from forcing down wages of construction workers.