In The News
MetroNews:
School construction costs increasing; SBA makes corresponding move
Proposed school construction projects that members of the state School Building Authority will hear about next month will include a recently approved provision that raises the square foot construction cost.
Sacramento (CA) Bee:
Pay construction workers a fair wage
Since 1990, wages, adjusted for inflation, have actually decreased by 25 percent and been redistributed into profit margins for developers, which are growing 50 percent faster than the cost of materials or labor.
Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Union protests contractor's alleged failure to deduct taxes
Union workers Thursday staged a protest at the worksite of a company they contend has failed to pay state payroll withholding taxes on more than $10 million of state Division of Highways contracts.
WSAZ NewsChannel 3:
Opening of Crum school pushed back again
Construction delays are pushing the start date back yet again for Crum Pre-K-8th grade students in Wayne County.
Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Proposal to keep WV workers’ pay on public projects secret debated
Legislators Tuesday debated a proposal to keep secret how much workers are paid when they’re hired for publicly funded projects.
West Virginia Press Association:
Bill to declare public works projects’ wage records confidential meets dead end
Delegates Caputo, Brewer, Ferro, Marcum, Diserio, Bates and others fought for Freedom of Information.
The State Journal:
Wage information on public projects should be public, not private
The House of Delegates on Thursday shot down a last-minute attempt to salvage a bill that would have limited the public disclosure of wages paid on government construction projects.
Public News Servive:
Swope defends hiring immigrant workers
Republican state Senate candidate Chandler Swope refuted criticism that his construction company is using immigrant labor to build a Wayne County school. But that defense is now drawing scrutiny.
The State Journal:
Clarifying prevailing wage savings estimates
A recent guest column from Bryan Hoylman of the Associated Builders and Contractors of West Virginia and Jason Huffman of the West Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity made the claim that the repeal of the state’s prevailing wage law has saved the state $20 million in just two months. This claim deserves a closer look.
The State Journal:
Real data on prevailing wage show no savings
If you look at facts, it is clear the repeal of the state prevailing wage law will be one of the most disastrous, job-killing measures our Legislature has ever taken.