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Skip Down to the Information Section to read and download reports or to access West Virginia Prevailing Wage documents dating from 2001.
Looking for Prevailing Wage studies? Visit the Fair Contracting site for a wide selection.
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NEWS
***2011***
Dave Efaw: Drillers Should Be Hiring Locals, Charleston Gazette Op-Ed, December 7 2011
Union Group Urges Hiring of Local Marcellus Workers, Charleston Gazette, Paul J. Nyden, November 18, 2011.
Labor, Civic and Faith Groups: Rebuild WV Bridges to Rebuild Economy, Public News Service by Dan Heyman, September 28 2011
Dave Efaw: Transportation Cuts Hurt Future WV Economy, Charleston Gazette Op-Ed, September 20, 2011
Local Groups Show Opposition To Transportation Cuts, Charleston Gazette September 7 2011 by Paul J Nyden
George Hohmann: Tax Deals Are Lacking Local Scrutiny, Charleston Gazette April 23, 2011 by George Hohmann
Union Group Demands Details on Macy's Tax Incentives, Charleston Gazette April 21 2011, by Eric Eyre
**2010**
Construction Workers Upset Over Hiring of Out of State Workers, WCHS TV, Thursday October 21 2010, Meredith Wood Reporting
Workers Protesting Out of State Job Hiring, State Journal, Thursday Octoer 21 2010, Matthew Earle
Workers Protesting Out-of-State Job Hiring, WOWK TV, Thursday October 21, 2010, Matthew Earle Reporting
Unions Picket School Builders, Charleston Daily Mail, Friday October 22, 2010, Ry Rivard, Daily Mail Capitol Reporter.
Unions: West Virginians Better Qualified For Marcellus Jobs,Tuesday August 31 2010, Public News Service.
Ironworkers Search For Jobs, Thursday August 26 2010, MetroNews, Staff
Union Group Protests Midland Roof Project, Thursday July 22, 2010, Elkins Intermountain, Anthony Gaynor
**2009**
Bill Proposes Insurance for Construction Workers, Friday March 6 2009, The State Journal, Walt Williams.
Activitist Denounces Wage Law Calculations, Tuesday February 10, 2009, The Charleston Daily Mail, George Hohman, Daily Mail Business Editor.
County OKs Drug Testing of Construction Workers, Friday January 30 2009, The Charleston Gazette, Rusty Marks Staff Writer.
Area Laborers, Builders pan Walgreens, Friday January 16 2009, The Charleston Gazette, Jim Balow Staff Writer.
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INFORMATION
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West Virginia Prevailing Wage Rate Documents
West Virginia Prevailing Wages Building & Construction
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West Virginia Prevailing Wages Heavy and Highway
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Heavy and Highway rates for 2001 and 2002 are no longer available in electronic format. Please contact the ACT Office to obtain this information.
Reports
If you're looking for resources on Prevailing Wage studies, please visit the National Alliance for Fair Contracting site for a wide selection of reports. www.faircontracting.org Another good source is the Sheet Metal And Air Conditioning Contractors Association site: www.smacna.org.
Marshall University Study: Marshall County Dominion Project
KRC Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Study October 2011
Project Labor Agreement Study
New 2009 study shows responsible contractor policies do not raise the price of construction and can provide many benefits to local communities.
Credit Disclosure 2003 Report
Neighborhood Investment Nondisclosure Credit Report 2003
Credit Disclosure 2002 Report
Neighborhood Investment Nondisclosure Credit Report 2002
Credit Disclosure 2001 Report
Neighborhood Investment Nondisclosure Credit Report 2001
A Comparison of Public School Construction Costs, In Three Midwestern States that Have Changed their Prevailing
Wage Laws in the 1990's, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan; by Peter Philips, Ph.D. Professor of Ecnomics, University of Utah, February 2001.
ACT Prevailing Wage Brochure In House document regarding value of Prevailing Wages on West Virginia's economy.
BCTD Apprenticeship Final Report; April 2005. This report reveals that almost every Associated Builders and Contractors apprenticeship program fails to provide this training to the majority of its apprentices.
2005 Campaign Endorsements by the AFL-CIO; pdf document of all candidates endorsed by the West Virginia AFL-CIO.
Cost of Construction Report by the Polymer Alliance Zone; Final report issued February 2005. The goal of this project is to compare key construction cost and condition factors of the polymer industry in the Polymer Alliance Zone, Inc. of West Virginia with those in other States in the region.
Corporate Income Taxes in the Bush Years, September 2004; A Joint Project of Citizens for Tax Justice & the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy by Robert S. McIntyre Citizens for Tax Justice
ACT Report on Governors Fair Tax - An analysis of Governor Underwood's tax reform propoals. The report looks at the proposed new taxes and estimates the effects on working families.
An Economic Development Study by the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Prof. Jeffrey Waddoups has actually quantified taxpayer healthcare costs generated by uninsured workers who were treated at the University Medical Center in Clark County.
Apprenticeship Study Building Trades Apprenticeship Training in West Virginia. A Comparison of Union and Non Union Building Trades Programs in the 1990s. Sarah S. Etherton, Stephen L.Cook and Robert V. Massey Jr. WVU Extension Service Institute for Labor Studies and Research. May 2002.
Budget Digest Summary ACT Foundation in-house documents
Davis Bacon Works, Prevailing Wage Laws Are Good For America. Professor Dale Belman, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Professor Peter Phillips, Economics Department, University of Utah (February 28, 1998)
Heavy Highway Report - Wages Productivity and Highway Construction Cost, Updated Analysis 1994-2002. Report produced by the National Heavy & Highway Alliance.
PERC Report 1998 - A report by the Peoples Election Reform Coalilition that shows campaign contributions by types of contributors.
Prevailing Wages and Government Contracting Costs, Nooshin Mahalia, Economic Policy Institute. Analysis shows that most researchers have found that prevailing wage regulations in practice do not increase government contracting costs.
The EPI is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank whose mission is to inform people and empower them to seek solutions that will ensure broadly shared prosperity and opportunity. Visit them at www.epi.org
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