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  • A Quiet Push To Reform Pa.'s Prevailing Wage Law

    10/20/2011 8:08:49 AM PDT · by Tribune7 · 5 replies
    Pennsylvania's prevailing wage law passed in 1961 requires all local governments and state agencies to pay workers a rate determined by the state's Secretary of Labor for any "construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration and/or repair work." This law has been shown to hike labor costs for school additions and such by as much as 44 percent. Seven bills, some which would radically reform how prevailing wage is handled in Pennsylvania, were voted out of the Labor and Industry Committee of the State House chaired by Rep. Ron Miller (R- 93) on Oct. 3. The most significant would be HB 1191 sponsored...