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“The prevailing wage law was designed to prevent contractors from coming into an area and undercutting local workers. Business leaders have complained for years that the rate does not reflect wages contractors pay locally. [They] say it adds as much as 20 percent to a construction project.”

-- Quincy (MA) Herald-Whig, August 11, 2007

“An experienced American is more productive supervising or training a group of say, immigrant construction workers, rather than doing the labor himself, and he is rewarded for the increased productivity with a higher wage.”

-- The Daily Texan, April 9, 2007

“No union contractor has won a major highway project in the state [Delaware] since the 1960s. Eventually you get to a point where you draw a line in the sand, and for labor I think this is it."

--  The News Journal, April 12, 2007

“In California, immigrants have come to dominate virtually all low-skilled job categories. They comprise more than 90 percent of the state’s agricultural workers, two-thirds of the construction workers, and 70 percent of cooks.”

-- The Vail Trail, April 4, 2007

"Do you know how much I'd have to charge on bids if my guys were on an official payroll?" He estimates that his bids would have to increase some 55-65 percent if the workers he paid were legitimate employees. "I couldn't compete because all the other contractors are doing the same. I'd lose my business."

-- a construction company owner
    Think&Ask.com, September 2006

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1. So you’re a construction worker...
2. Does my pension have a solid foundation?
3. Who’s overseeing my pension?
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