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Building trades urge lawmakers to require prevailing wage for off‑site custom fabrication on public projects
Summary
Union leaders and trades workers testified in support of SB 1370, which would require prevailing wage pay for workers performing off‑site custom fabrication for state or municipal public works projects; proponents said technology has shifted much fabrication off site and leaving those workers uncovered is unfair and harms local economies.
Union leaders, contractors and tradespeople told the Labor and Public Employees Committee that prevailing wage protections should apply to off‑site custom fabrication used on publicly funded projects.
Ed Hawthorne, president of the Connecticut AFL‑CIO, opened remarks supporting SB 1370, calling prevailing wage a tool that ensures local living wages for workers on public projects. "The prevailing wage ensures that workers on public projects are paid fair wages in the local area in their trade," he said.
Joe Toner, executive director of the Connecticut State Building Trades, said modern construction practices increasingly move…
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