West Virginia’s Republican legislative leaders made PROMISES of job creation and taxpayer savings when they repealed the state’s prevailing wage law on public construction.
That was a BROKEN promise from the start.
Prevailing wage workers are trained, drug-free and typically from the projects’ areas. Their paychecks and the money made by their contractor employers enhance local economies. Boost economic development. RESTORE PREVAILING WAGE.
PROOF THE PROMISE DIDN’T WORK:
No savings on school construction
Qualified local workforce replaced with imported workers
Substandard construction quality
Fraud by out-of-state companies
Legislators try to keep taxpayer funded wages secret