In Ep. 8 – If contractors are receiving taxpayer resources on construction projects in New York State then they ought to be paying prevailing wages and benefits to the men and women working on those projects. We hear from Pat Purcell, executive director of LECET on the importance of fixing our broken public works law.

Take action by texting Public Works to 877877

Find the report from Cornell at https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/59/

Find our Support Memo at https://nysaflcio.org/new-york-state-afl-cio-legislative-memos/support-memo-prevailing-rate-public

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