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A California housing bill would raise wages to $28. Why do some unions hate it?
The bill would fast-track townhouse approvals while requiring developers to pay workers at least $28 an hour, a change union critics say could weaken prevailing wages.
- Assembly Bill 1751, authored by Fullerton Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva, would streamline townhouse construction by easing regulatory barriers while requiring developers to pay workers at least $28 per hour.
- The State Building and Construction Trades Council opposes the proposal, arguing the new wage floor could paradoxically lower the 'prevailing wages' enjoyed by many of their members who represent electricians and plumbers.
- During an Assembly floor vote last month, San Diego Assemblymember Chris Ward labeled the minimum wage issue the "900 pound gorilla," expressing wariness about unresolved questions regarding labor standards.
- Quirk-Silva has repeatedly emphasized the bill would not replace or undercut prevailing wage, with the legislation barring the California Department of Industrial Relations from considering these new rates in calculations.
- California's unionized carpenters support the standard as a "modest corrective" for non-union laborers, viewing improved working standards as a potential "organizing opportunity" for the union.
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A California housing bill would raise wages to $28. Why do some unions hate it?
When is a minimum wage hike of more than $11 per hour actually a pay cut?
·Bakersfield, United States
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