{"id":1994358,"date":"2023-08-08T14:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-announces-prevailing-wage-rule-change-backed-by-unions\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:22:43","slug":"kamala-harris-announces-prevailing-wage-rule-change-backed-by-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-announces-prevailing-wage-rule-change-backed-by-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris unveils unions-supported &#8216;prevailing wage&#8217; rule alteration."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-announces-prevailing-wage-rule-change-backed-by-unions%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=1994358&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>Vice President Kamala Harris Announces \u2063Proposed Rule \u200dChange to Raise Wages for Construction Workers<\/h2>\n<p>Vice President\u200c Kamala Harris made an exciting announcement\u2063 on Tuesday, revealing that a new \u200crule from the Biden administration could\u200b <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\">potentially increase wages<\/a> for construction\u2064 workers on federal jobs by \u2062thousands of dollars each year. Speaking in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harris unveiled the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-doj-released-a-115-page-rule-change-to-redefine-a-firearm-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"The DOJ Released A 115-Page Rule Change To Redefine A \u2018Firearm.\u2019 Here\u2019s What You Need To Know.\">proposed rule change<\/a> to the Davis-Bacon Act since the Reagan administration, a change that could positively impact over \u200d1 million construction workers.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u200d Rejection of\u2062 Trickle-Down Economics<\/h3>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s remarks echoed the \u200bsentiments of President Biden, who \u2062has rejected the &#8220;trickle-down&#8221; philosophy of the Reagan years\u200b in favor of the &#8220;Bidenomics&#8221; plan. Emphasizing the administration&#8217;s commitment to \u2064fair wages, Harris stated, &#8220;In the Biden-Harris \u200dadministration, we strongly believe every worker deserves fair wages for their work. Today&#8217;s announcement is part of a larger strategy. For far too long, our economy has not been working for working people. Trickle-down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-announces-prevailing-wage-rule-change-backed-by-unions\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris unveils unions-supported 'prevailing wage' rule alteration.\">economics benefited big corporations<\/a> and\u2062 the wealthiest\u200d Americans, but not workers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the importance of investing in workers, Harris continued, &#8220;Our theory\u200c and our agenda around investing in folks like those who are here is working for America&#8217;s economy. This is about workers, and it is about the strength of our nation \u200cand seeing the connection. \u200bI\u2062 was\u2063 raised by a mother who taught me as a child that there is dignity in all \u2062work, that every worker deserves \u2064respect, that every worker deserves \u2064a\u200c voice, and that every worker deserves \u2063to be paid a fair \u2062wage. So, President\u2064 Biden and I, with you, we&#8217;re going to keep fighting to build an economy that recognizes the dignity of all work, and all workers, an economy that supports working families,\u2063 and an economy that allows all people to thrive. That is Bidenomics, and that is the future we are building together with\u200c everyone here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Significant Update to Prevailing Wage Standards<\/h3>\n<p>The Department of Labor&#8217;s proposed rule change would lower the &#8220;prevailing wage&#8221; threshold for federal construction jobs to 30%,\u200c a threshold that had been raised to 50% almost \u2064four decades ago. Senior administration officials \u200dhave hailed this move as the &#8220;most significant&#8221; \u2062update to prevailing wage standards in \u200c30 years.<\/p>\n<p>While the change \u200chas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/populist-swing-state-voters-become-key-target-for-democrats-in-2022-midterms\/\" title=\"Populist Swing State Voters Become Key Target for Democrats in 2022 Midterms\">garnered widespread support<\/a> from labor unions, a crucial pillar of \u200cthe Biden coalition, \u2063opponents argue that lowering the threshold would\u2064 increase the cost of federal projects due to the higher wages that workers \u200dwould need to be paid.<\/p>\n<p>To hear Vice President Harris&#8217;s full remarks, watch the video below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris announced a proposed rule change in Philadelphia that could increase wages for construction workers on federal projects by thousands annually. This would be the first amendment to the Davis-Bacon Act since Reagan&#8217;s time, potentially benefiting workers if implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1994359,"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-1994358","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\/1994358","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=1994358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}