{"id":1995785,"date":"2023-08-09T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admins-prevailing-wage-overhaul-takes-union-wages-as-standard-says-trade-association\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:58:54","slug":"biden-admins-prevailing-wage-overhaul-takes-union-wages-as-standard-says-trade-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admins-prevailing-wage-overhaul-takes-union-wages-as-standard-says-trade-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin adopts union wages as standard in &#8216;Prevailing Wage&#8217; overhaul, states trade association."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-admins-prevailing-wage-overhaul-takes-union-wages-as-standard-says-trade-association%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=1995785&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>In the latest \u201cpro-union\u201d push from the Biden\u200d administration<\/h2>\n<p>The Department of Labor (DOL) has made\u2062 an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gina-carano-tears-up-when-daily-wire-backstage-audience-delivers-standing-ovation\/\" title=\"Gina Carano Tears Up When Daily Wire Backstage Audience Delivers Standing Ovation\">exciting announcement<\/a> that is\u2062 sure\u200b to spark some debate. \u200cThey have\u2063 just released the final rule updating the \u2062Davis-Bacon Act and related regulations. This move is seen as a pro-union push by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<h3>Construction trade \u2064advocates push back<\/h3>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admins-prevailing-wage-overhaul-takes-union-wages-as-standard-says-trade-association\/\" title=\"Biden Admin adopts union wages as standard in 'Prevailing Wage' overhaul, states trade association.\">construction trade advocates wasted<\/a> no time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-andy-biggs-ndaa-veto-override-a-crying-shame\/\" title=\"Rep. Andy Biggs: NDAA veto override a crying shame\">pushing back<\/a> against this new rule. They argue that it will require the entire\u2063 industry to adhere\u200c to \u200dunion standards, effectively undermining the &#8220;merit shop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The rule specifically addresses the issue of worker \u2063pay on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-aim-for-infrastructure-bill-vote-early-this-week\/\" title=\"Lawmakers aim for infrastructure bill vote early this week\">federally funded projects<\/a>. It aims to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for their labor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with prevailing wage rates for federal construction projects and aims to ensure fair pay for workers. Critics argue that the update favors unions and could lead to increased costs for taxpayers. The DOL defends the rule, stating that it promotes worker protection and economic growth. The controversy surrounding the rule change continues to spark debate within the construction industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2167,"featured_media":1995786,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1995785","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\/2167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}