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28-09-05, 12:51 PM | #1 |
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What is the Davis-Bacon Act?
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28-09-05, 01:15 PM | #2 |
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28-09-05, 01:22 PM | #3 |
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i know what it is albed :S
what i'd like to know is why was it repealed.... the only purpose i can see is to open the door for lower-paid possibly illegal immigrants to come in. surely this isn't the case and there's more to it than that. and another thing.........since the media has katrina and rita plastered all over the place, why isn't this? sigh |
29-09-05, 06:05 AM | #4 |
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Because the under-resourced, shabby and over-worked media can only possibly cover one scandal at a time (unless it involves some form of sexual solicitation). Asking them to do otherwise would be a terrible strain on their graphics and razzamatazz department.
Also, it's not being covered because people like stories they can understand and can be broke down into easily digestable chunks. Stories that can be outlined by uttering single words in a monotonous manner are good, like: "Flood... people died... that guy's fault...". Asking people to concern themselves with a complex union issue is being optomistic at best... and the networks know that.
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29-09-05, 07:28 AM | #5 |
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lack of imagination on the media's part or outright timidity. i'd call it the "bush pro-scab" decree. most viewers'd get that just fine.
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28-09-05, 01:20 PM | #6 | |
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From a link in that article:
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Now, if a construction worker wants to find a job rebuilding his home town he can find a company that's willing to pay him prevailing wages, so obviously the act wasn't repealed for the benefit of employees. The president did this for small companies so they could get government contracts without hiring union labor. I'm not defending the president's decision here, but this is probably what he was thinking when he did it. |
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29-09-05, 09:53 AM | #7 | |
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Mazer i certainly can follow that reasoning, i just wonder if there are limits on how low even the smallest contractors will go. Most southern states don't have unionized anything - like where i live, it's a purely a right-to-work state. In NJ (where i used to live) there were unions up the arse. I can see the good and bad of both especially with the higher union wages up north. According to this Minimum Wage, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi among others, there is no minimum wage or it's well below the national average. So I guess in a way, if a contractor wants to pay $2-3 an hour using Mexican immigrants - they could and no questions would be asked. (and i am of no means slamming Mexicans or any other ethnic groups here). I dunno, seeing any law repealed which serves to protect certain ideals (even ones such as Davis-Bacon) and nothing added to safeguard workers (minimum wage for instance) can't be entirely a good thing. added: especially considering the incredible amount of destruction and equally incredible amount of $rebuilding$ capital that will be floating around. Just thinking outloud here. |
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29-09-05, 11:12 AM | #8 |
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Any thoughts Nic
Thought you would be on this one like a fat kid on a smarty |
29-09-05, 03:29 PM | #9 |
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Just as you have the right to buy goods at the lowest market price, companies should have the right to hire labor at the lowest market price.
Probably too complex an explanation for some, but what can you do? |
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