Quinn Mills. an expert in the field of construction labor relations. pointed out about removing DavisBacon projections from the Federal award process. it "could result in greater total costs on Government projects by increasing industrial strife. and by facilitating awards to incompetent contractors competing only by virtue of low wages." We can get a good sense of what a contracting world without DavisBacon would be like by looking at some of the violations. Testimony before the House Labor Standards Subcommittee revealed that a contractor on a Federal highway project in Harrison County. TX. evaded DavisBacon requirements. A concrete finisher was paid 15 cents an hour. with overtime of 22V2 cents an hour. Another Texas firm brought a crew of illegal aliens to the Washington. DC. area to work on a bridge repair project. A DOL investigation disclosed that these workers were paid only $10 per day. plus food and lodging. some working 10 hours a day 7 days a week.
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