Comments for Common Sense - Saving Community by a Whisker at http://www.auburnbuzz.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.auburnbuzz.com Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:39:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.auburnbuzz.com/content/view/1505/112/#comment-275 The problem with prevailing wages is that they don't prevail. According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 17 percent of California construction workers are represented by unions, yet the state Department of Industrial Relations says that union wages prevail. That's impossible. Paying volunteers any wage, pervailing or not, makes no sense. It also makes no sense to pay wages on public works construction projects that are inflated to satisfy politically powerful union special interests at the taxpayers' expense. - David Denholm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:07:35 +0100