How Should New York Handle a Fiscal Crisis? Not with Expanded Prevailing Wage. That’s for Sure
Raising the cost of construction of private projects 30 percent is no way to respond to a financial crisis.
COVID-19 Threat: Prevailing Wage Expansion Will Harm Minority Workers Even More
New York’s minority construction workforce fears the consequences of PREVAILING WAGE in New York’s budget.
To New York’s Elected Leaders: 2021 Proposed Budget – Prevailing Wage
As New York's elected leaders consider the proposed 2021 budget, The Construction Workforce Project wishes to remind them who they work for and who we are as citizens of this great city.
Exactly Who Will be Harmed by Expansion of Prevailing Wage?
Here’s what you need to know about WHO works on New York’s open /merit shop construction sites and WHO exactly will be put out of work if prevailing wage is expanded.
CWP’s Response to Local 79 and Sepúlveda rally for prevailing wages
Support for inner-city, ethnically diverse workers needs to be demonstrated as our open shop industry has done. These prevailing wage efforts are proving to be nothing more than another market grab for special interests.
Construction Workforce Project Sponsors Harlem Back to School Backpack Program
Construction workforce project is proud to sponsor Harlem Back to School Backpack Drive
CWP is Proud to Break Bread with HCCI and Support Harlem Communities
Construction Workforce Project is honored to have taken part in Harlem Congregations for Community Improvements' annual "Let's Break Bread Together" Awards Dinner.
Reminder: legislation to expand prevailing wage would harm workers of color and MWBE contractors
As the legislative session enters its final days, serious concerns remain regarding legislation to redefine public works and expand prevailing wage mandates in New York’s construction industry. Recent closed-door negotiations over the bill have not addressed these concerns.
El Diario: Carta abierta al gobernador Cuomo
We ask you to recognize the changing tides of the construction workforce, and provide more resources totrain, employ and protect New Yorkers of color in the construction industry, regardless of whether or not they are part of a union.
Crains: Wage bill would keep health care facilities out of date
As legislators in Albany discuss a potential prevailing-wage expansion, their deliberations have failed to consider the effects it would have on New York’s medical infrastructure.