"Since the early twentieth century, labor unions have lobbied federal and state governments to enact and enforce laws requiring government contractors to pay “prevailing wages” to employees on public works projects.These laws, currently active at the federal level and in approximately thirty states, typically in practice require that contractors pay according to the local union wage scale.
The laws also require employers to adhere to union work rules.
The combination of these rules makes it extremely difficult for nonunion contractors to compete for public works contracts.
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Part I of this Article discusses the discriminatory history of the most significant of all prevailing wage laws, the Davis-Bacon Act.
As discussed below, Davis-Bacon was passed with the explicit intent of excluding African American workers from federal construction projects, and its discriminatory effects continued for decades..."
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