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Board member urges labor safeguards as incentive package is approved
Summary
A board member pressed staff to consider labor protections so tax dollars do not support anti-union activity; staff replied that rebuild tax credits subject the project to prevailing-wage rules for the build-out.
During final discussion on the incentive package, a board member told colleagues "companies that receive tax dollars should not be involved in union busting" and urged the board to consider a 'labor peace' policy or other safeguards tied to incentives. The speaker said such measures would protect workers seeking to organize.
Jeff Miller responded that because the project is receiving tax credits under the state's program, the build-out will be subject to prevailing-wage requirements and that the company is aware of those obligations. The board did not adopt a separate labor-peace condition on the record; staff and the board agreed prevailing-wage rules apply to the construction funded by the credit program.
