On 10/1/05 2:52 PM, "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Without the "prevailing wage" stuff in place for LA (or TX construction, > in the wake of Rita) there will probably be MORE people illegally > working on the construction, because it'll be easier to haul them in and > pay them less. (Not that that's not going to happen anyway.)
There still isn't enough electricians in all of LA, MS, and AL to cover all the damage done by Katrina. How are you going to get other tradespeople to go down there if the prevailing wage is lower than their home market? > I think that between Rob and myself, we probably know a little more > about construction in Texas than you do, at least in terms of who works > in it and how much they're paid. And our reactions to the LA > construction are colored by *our* knowledge, which is somewhat different > from what someone in Michigan knows. I agree. It doesn't make me wrong or that I don't know what I am talking about. On the whole, the Act sounds more politically moviated than anything else. Matthew _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
