(Source: Column by Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, March 7, 2016)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Yes, the first bill out of the gate by lead sponsor Senate President Bill Cole, the presumptive Republican candidate for Governor, was a supposed magic elixir to “fix” the state’s economy that instead weakens workers’ bargaining power. A companion bill, which eliminated prevailing wages on public construction jobs, also passed. This one-two punch will somehow jump start our economy by lowering wages? How does lowering wages help our state’s economy?
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