{"id":1993508,"date":"2023-08-07T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-department-to-issue-pro-union-final-rule-on-construction-worker-pay-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:32:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:32:18","slug":"labor-department-to-issue-pro-union-final-rule-on-construction-worker-pay-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-department-to-issue-pro-union-final-rule-on-construction-worker-pay-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Department to release pro-union regulation on construction worker wages: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flabor-department-to-issue-pro-union-final-rule-on-construction-worker-pay-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2062Labor Department to Issue Controversial Pro-Union Final Rule<\/h2>\n<p>The Labor Department is set to issue a final rule that will have a significant \u200dimpact on pay regulations \u200bfor construction workers on federal \u2064projects. Acting\u200c Labor Secretary\u2062 Julie Su will finalize \u200dthe rule on Tuesday, according to the American Prospect.<\/p>\n<h3>The Davis-Bacon Act\u2063 and Prevailing Wages<\/h3>\n<p>The rule pertains to the \u200dDavis-Bacon Act, which\u2064 was established in 1931. This act \u2064requires contractors and subcontractors with federal contracts to pay prevailing wages to mechanics and laborers. Prevailing wages vary depending on the location and serve as a\u200b minimum payment standard for construction workers on public works\u2062 projects.<\/p>\n<p>In areas with a lower cost of living, prevailing wages may be \u200clower compared to high-cost areas like urban centers.<\/p>\n<h3>Details of the \u200bFinal Rule<\/h3>\n<p>While specific details \u2063of the finalized rule have not been released, the Labor Department initially proposed the\u2064 rule over a year ago and \u2063allowed interested parties to provide input during\u200d a public comment period. The rule&#8217;s \u2064release has been delayed to ensure its ability \u200bto\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-department-to-issue-pro-union-final-rule-on-construction-worker-pay-report\/\" title=\"Labor Department to release pro-union regulation on construction worker wages: Report\">withstand potential legal challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One key\u2064 aspect of the rule is\u2063 how \u2062the government calculates\u2063 prevailing\u2063 wages. Under the current Davis-Bacon\u200d Act, a majority of wage providers must\u2064 be surveyed \u2064to determine the prevailing wage. However, \u2062the revised rule will allow a \u200dprevailing wage to\u2063 be \u2062determined from a survey \u2064of just 30% of workers.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sean Higgins, a research fellow\u200b at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, this change raises concerns\u200d about whether \u200bthe prevailing wage accurately reflects the majority\u200d of\u200c workers&#8217; wages. However, it also provides the\u2063 administration with flexibility to potentially increase wages \u2064under the Davis-Bacon Act.<\/p>\n<h3>Implications and Perspectives<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to the 1980s, prevailing\u2063 wages\u2062 were considered prevailing if paid to at least \u206430% of workers in a given area. The Biden-era rule reverts back to\u2062 this previous standard, aiming\u200c to \u2064level the playing field for non-union\u200b labor.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates\u2062 of \u200dthe\u200b rule \u200dargue that it will \u2064lead to better wages for construction workers and support labor unions, aligning with President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-sets-out-on-campaign-trail-with-new-hopes-and-old-promises\/\" title=\"Biden embarks on campaign trail with fresh aspirations and familiar commitments.\">pro-union stance<\/a>. \u2062However, groups like Associated Builders and Contractors, representing the non-union construction industry, \u200dhave\u2062 voiced opposition to the rule.<\/p>\n<p>The final rule is expected to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-state-legislature-passes-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-bill\/\" title=\"Texas state legislature passes fetal heartbeat abortion bill\">face legal challenges<\/a>, potentially resulting in a lengthy battle in the court system. Additionally, the rule&#8217;s implementation may increase costs for federal contracts, impacting taxpayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labor Department plans to release a contentious pro-union rule, strengthening pay regulations for construction workers on federal projects. Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will finalize the rule on Tuesday, impacting the Davis-Bacon Act. This act, established in 1931, mandates certain pay standards for workers in government-funded construction endeavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}