Wrenching in L.A. [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

RTW is pretty much the same in all states. Same with "prevailing wages" public
jobs. You can report a union shop that does not pay prevailing wages on a public
job, but it won't get you the job or allow you to pay lower wages.

"Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar" wrote:

> RTW in California must be different than around here. In Kansas, which is a
> RTW state, on public jobs I pay my guys the regular wage ($9-$15/hr).  On
> Missouri, which is not a RTW state,  public jobs it's a little over $23/hr
> that I am REQUIRED to pay and must prove to the general contractor and
> customer that I paid it.  What a joke.  What's funny is that if a union shop
> got that same job most of the workers on the site would be apprentices at
> less than $12/hr including benefits.
>
> The politics and the reasons are beyond me.  All I know is that I turn
> payroll responsibilities over to my attorney and CPA when we are on a
> prevailing wage job.
>
> Travis
>
> ----------
> >From: Joel Davidson <joeldavidson at earthlink.net>
> >To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> >Subject: Re: Wrenching in L.A. [RE-wrenches]
> >Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2002, 10:31 PM
> >
>
> >California is a "right to work" state. Unions have negotiated "prevailing
> >wages" clauses to prevent lower-price labor competition on public jobs.
> >
> >"Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar" wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.ibew.org/stories/01journal/0106/rtw.htm
> >>
> >> Check out this story.  Oklahoma is about to put a "Right to Work" vote on
> >> the ballot for the people.  Unions loose a lot of their teeth  in "Right to
> >> Work" states.  If you California Wrenches want to do something about this
> >> you need to team up with the right to work movement in your state.
> >>
> >> Travis
>
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