{"id":40419,"date":"2017-03-14T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=40419"},"modified":"2017-03-14T13:59:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:59:03","slug":"davis-bacon-protections-may-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/davis-bacon-protections-may-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Bacon Protections May Be On the Line","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40421 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Untitled-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Legislation<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/construction-wage-rollback-n73014450224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced in January\u00a0by<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/construction-wage-rollback-n73014450224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senator Jeff Flake<\/a><\/strong>, (R-AZ) would eliminate the Davis-Bacon Act\u2019s prevailing wage language on specific federal infrastructure projects.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davis%E2%80%93Bacon_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Davis-Bacon Act<\/a>,<\/strong> passed in 1931, requires that certain workers, predominantly those employed in the building trades, be paid a prevailing wage.<br \/>\nThe point of the Davis Bacon Act was to make sure that Federal money is spent to invest in communities and does not drive down wages. \u00a0Repealing prevailing wages will <strong>undermine<\/strong><strong> good jobs and the wages <\/strong>that strengthen the American economy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/stop-the-attack-on-your-wages\">Contact your Senators to urge them to vote <strong>NO<\/strong><\/a> to Senator Flake&#8217;s repeal of Davis-Bacon on these federally funded projects.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/stop-the-attack-on-your-wages\">Click here to take action<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation introduced in January\u00a0by Senator Jeff Flake, (R-AZ) would eliminate the Davis-Bacon Act\u2019s prevailing wage language on specific federal infrastructure projects. 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