The Hagedorn amendment is a deliberate effort to cripple DavisBacon. The Hagedorn amendment would permit the Federal Government to award construction contracts to nonunion contractors who bid 10 percent or more below union bids. based on prevailing wages costs. This would encourage the exploitation of immigrant and. perhaps. illegal laborers who have been forced in the past to accept illegally low wages under threat of exposure by their employers. The Hagedorn amendment also reflects the dangerous and irresponsible leanings of many conservatives to lower labor costs regardless of the consequences. When the Labor Department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for teenage labor just a few weeks ago the intent was to cheapen labor costs.
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