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Carpenters' Local urges Butte-Silver Bow to adopt 'responsible bidder' measures to curb construction tax fraud
Summary
Reddy Frost of Carpenters Local 82 described construction industry tax fraud practices and recommended a responsible bidder ordinance and civil wage-theft measures; the council placed the communication on file.
Reddy Frost, political action chair for Carpenters Local 82, presented to the Butte-Silver Bow council April 23 about tax fraud in the construction industry and urged the county to consider a responsible bidder ordinance and related civil-wage-theft measures to prevent worker misclassification and payroll‑tax evasion.
Frost said industry practices such as misclassifying workers as independent contractors and paying workers…
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