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IBEW urges city review of $23M fiber project, citing licensing and prevailing wage concerns
Summary
A representative from IBEW Local 11 asked Carson City Council to order an immediate review of the workforce plan for a $23 million municipal fiber‑optic contract with HP Communications, saying the contractor's plan to use only laborers may violate electrical contractor classifications, prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and safety rules; staff agreed to meet with the union.
A business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11 told the Carson City Council on March 17 that the city should reconsider workforce compliance on its $23,000,000 municipal fiber‑optic network project.
Chris Longoria told the council the contract was procured under a C‑10 electrical contractor classification but that HP Communications "has stated its…
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