Bay City Commissioners throw out prevailing wage ordinance

Bay City Commissioners voted Monday night to allow for lower bids on city projects by throwing out the prevailing wage ordinance. Prevailing wage is the hourly wage paid to the majority of workers and laborers in a particular area and expertise. Commissioners we spoke with say following prevailing wage causes many companies to put in higher bids for city contracts because companies have to hike up employees wages to meet the city's ordinance and they say in these cash strappped times it's costing too much. More than a hundred local union workers showed up at the commissioners meeting to protest the vote to repeal the prevailing wage ordinance.

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