[DEPcom]

if the project is funded with Public money it should be subject to the Davis-Bacon Act, this requires the employees doing the respective work be paid the PREVAILING WAGE in that area, this is available from the Owner/City, as it was included in the bid documents.

Yes you are correct, I did not know the name of the act. That was one of big complaints at the protest.

[DEPcom]

UPDATE:http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/feb/12/protest-city-fire-station-construction-site-enters/

ANDERSON — Civil unrest escalated Thursday while protesters stood outside the Anderson construction site of a city fire station and said the workers on the project were not documented as legal United States residents.

[Rumplemeyer]

Simply ask to see the certified payroll reports. If the Contractor has reported ANY false information, such as Social Security Numbers or PAID, not just reported he paid less than the rate, he is in for a very unpleasant time.

I am a Heavy Construction Contractor working in both New Jersey and the 5 Boroughs of NYC, we are 100% Union and I still must report and check to see if the people sent me by the respective unions are citizens or legal aliens, have had a couple illegals come through and no, they do not get hired.