Core Issues
Protecting Prevailing Wage
Prevailing wage laws ensure fair compensation for workers on public projects and protect against wage suppression by bad contractors.
- Refused to defend the Davis-Bacon Act in court, benefiting anti-union legal challengers.
- Installed anti-labor officials at the Department of Labor, including former ABC lawyers, to oversee wage enforcement.
- Fired key enforcement staff, including the Davis-Bacon enforcement lead for $39 billion in semiconductor construction.
- Gutted HUD regional wage enforcement teams, weakening compliance on federally funded housing projects.
These actions directly threaten wage standards on public works projects and may result in lower pay for skilled union workers performing government-funded labor.
Core Issues
This page will be updated regularly to reflect new developments. IUPAT will continue to advocate for policies that support our members and their families, and to challenge those that undermine the dignity of work in the union trades.