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Proposed $28 Minimum Wage for Construction Workers in California Fails Due to Union Opposition

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. A proposal that would have established an unprecedented minimum wage for certain home construction workers in California has been shelved this year amid fierce opposition from a major coalition […]

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Proposed $28 Minimum Wage for Construction Workers in California Fails Due to Union Opposition

This article is also available en español. Read it here. A proposal that would have set an unprecedented minimum wage for certain California housing construction workers has been filed this year in the face of fierce opposition from a major coalition of construction unions. Assembly Bill 1751 would speed up the approval of new townhouses. In exchange for this law, property developers would have been forced to pay their workers at least $28 an ho…

2 days ago·Sacramento, United States

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