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Building trades urge closing of off‑site prefab prevailing‑wage loophole; contractors warn of cost and enforcement issues
Summary
Unions and tradespeople urged the Joint Committee on Oct. 28 to treat off‑site prefabrication for public construction as work subject to prevailing wages, saying the change would protect training, safety and wages.
Unions representing construction trades, together with industry researchers and building‑trade presidents, urged the Joint Committee on Oct. 28 to close what they described as a loophole that allows public‑project work performed in off‑site fabrication shops to be paid below prevailing wages. Witnesses including shop superintendents, union officials and apprenticeship advocates told the committee that prefabrication now accounts for a substantial share of trade…
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