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Question Two on the ballot is a binding statewide referendum that proposes to repeal Massachusetts' Prevailing Wage Law. The Prevailing Wage Law requires state and local governments to pay the going rates--usually based on union levels--for any construction and public works projects...
That meeting, similar to a shareholders' vote, allows about 360 HSA members who meet wage-earning minimums to elect board representatives and vote on changes in the bylaws, managers said. Students said the general meeting offered them their only chance this year to affect the governing body's membership...
...biennial report card bases its tally on thevoting records of all Congressman. The study usedas its litmus test legislation on issues such asRobert Bork's Supreme Court nomination, the CivilRights Restoration Act, the immigrationlegalization program, pay equity, disabilityrights, programs for low-income children andfamilies, and minimum wage legislation...
Although only tenuous evidence can be presented that repealing the prevailing wage would result in lower taxes, repeal advocates have continually stressed this as a major campaign issue. As Mark Erlich of the Committee for Quality of Life said, "the phrase `tax savings' is a code word that people accept on faith. Our feeling is that we need to educate the public on a fairly complicated issue. In an age where simplistic arguments are winning, it is gratifying to have won so much support for this issue...
...effort to repeal the prevailing wage is simply another attempt to rend the fabric of this social contract; its proponents are not only anti-labor, but anti-community. Organized labor is a valuable and productive component of American society. The prevailing wage is as important to the labor movement as child labor laws, Right-to-Know laws, and the minimum wage...