Killing Jobs To Court Labor (Makes perfect sense if you're a DemocRAT)
Gov. Paterson's poll ratings may be poor, but that's no reason for him to try to buy union support with a bill that would destroy jobs. Alas, that seems to be his thinking in promoting legislation to force developers and landlords at state-assisted projects to pay workers, essentially, union scale. Salaries at such projects would have to be in line with "prevailing wages" -- i.e., union wages. In New York City, that would be a hefty $19.20 an hour -- nearly three times the $7.25 minimum wage. And, again, the bill would cover not just construction workers on a project...
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