Minnesota: Prevailing Wage Considered
According to the Mankato Free Press:
A prevailing wage proposal would cost Mankato at least $860,000 in 2009 and is opposed by the majority of contractors that returned a city survey, according to a 37-page city staff report on the issue.
The Mankato City Council is scheduled to discuss the prevailing wage Tuesday at a work session meeting. There will be no vote taken.
The council was approached in February by a union representative who asked the city to consider instituting a prevailing wage, which is already mandated on state-funded projects.
The prevailing wage is set by the state and represents the wage paid to most workers...click to continue.
