Construction season means high costs for Illinois taxpayers

By Michael Lucci

04/20/2017

Insurance premiums cost 20 percent of payroll for concrete construction workers in Illinois.

TAGS: construction, jobs, prevailing wage, unemployment, workers compensation

Illinois House fails to override bill tying prevailing wage to union rates

By Madelyn Harwood

12/02/2016

The proposed legislation would have hiked costs for taxpayers and undermined market forces, all to benefit special interests.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, prevailing wage

Prevailing wage gives 6-figure salaries to workers on public projects in DuPage County

By Bobby Shaw

06/09/2015

Illinois’ prevailing-wage law is crowding out funding for essential services in communities across the state.

TAGS: prevailing wage

Right to Work sweeps Midwest, heads for passage in Wisconsin

03/02/2015

Neighboring states have seen the light. Illinois needs to have its own Right-to-Work realization, or be left behind.

TAGS: fair share, labor, prevailing wage, right to work, unions

Missing the boat on Right to Work

02/06/2015

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce seems to hold contradictory opinions when it comes to economic opportunity.

TAGS: prevailing wage, right to work

Unions take advantage of Illinois’ prevailing wage law

By Paul Kersey

10/28/2013

When a state construction project goes up for bid, a union outfit often ends up with the contract. This is one of the seamier aspects of Illinois government. State laws and common practices for bidding are designed to cover up for union firms’ disadvantages and steer projects their way. The unions are always ready to...

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, IDOL: Illinois Department of Labor, International Union of Operating Engineers, IUOE, prevailing wage

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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prevailing wage

Construction season means high costs for Illinois taxpayers

Illinois House fails to override bill tying prevailing wage to union rates

Prevailing wage gives 6-figure salaries to workers on public projects in DuPage County

Right to Work sweeps Midwest, heads for passage in Wisconsin

Missing the boat on Right to Work

Unions take advantage of Illinois’ prevailing wage law

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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