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Prevailing wage ban campaign asks court to put the issue to the Legislature

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The campaign to outlaw prevailing wage rules in Michigan is asking a court to order a state board to put the question before the Legislature. Prevailing wage rules require contractors working for the state and many local governments to pay their workers union-level wages. Non-union builders say that adds to the costs shouldered by taxpayers.

 

A state elections board deadlocked along party lines on whether to certify the campaign’s petition signatures. The campaign to outlaw the prevailing wage says that violates the rights of all the people who signed petitions. If the Michigan Court of Appeals agrees, the Legislature would have 40 days to vote on it. It’s expected Republican majorities in the House and the Senate would quickly vote to approve it.