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Committee continues labor-compliance bond ordinance after broad labor support
Summary
Supervisor Matt Haney’s ordinance to require labor-compliance bonds on covered residential construction projects drew extensive union and worker-group support. After presentations and requested technical amendments, the committee voted to continue the item to April 4 for further refinements.
The Land & Transportation Committee took up a proposed ordinance (Article 33) that would require project owners and covered contractors on certain residential construction projects to post a labor-compliance bond and to condition release of the bond on verification of labor-standards compliance.
Sponsor Supervisor Matt Haney framed the ordinance as a targeted tool to reduce wage theft in construction, saying the measure is…
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