Davis Bacon Act
Business law
Park University
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Contractors bid on U. S. Federal Construction projects and most contracts for federally assisted constructions exceeding $2,000 required to pay their employees the standard wage and benefit package that workers in the area performing similar work are earning the “prevailing wage”. Prevailing Wage typically means the local union wage. In government contracting, “a prevailing wage is the hourly wage, benefits and overtime, paid to the majority of workers, laborers, and mechanics within a particular area”. The culprit of all of this is the “Davis Bacon-Act” (DBA)
The act was amended several times and has been attacking by opponents claiming its racist, unnecessary, expensive and costing taxpayers and the government a lot of money. Republicans have been attacking and trying to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act on the grounds that it is outdated, expensive and bureaucratic. Their latest effort last year was claiming, the repeal will cut 2.5 trillion from the budget over the next ten years and will save 1 billion annually.
Recently, this topic is also one of the issues on CNN, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney attacking his opponent “irresponsible” for voting in support for DBA. He was claiming that the law was costing American taxpayers over 100 billion in 10 years. He also quotes “one of the first things I will do is end the government favoritism towards unions on contract and will fight to repeal the DBA”
The purpose of this paper is to discuss various opposing views of the public sector,
Park University
Explain what you are going to do. Will you prove a point? Will you be looking at various opposing views and weighing up the merits? Spell out exactly what you will achieve in your term paper right here.
A brief explanation of the problem
Aim of your term paper
What questions will be answered in the term paper
A brief outline of current research
Relevance of the term paper topic
The research process
Introduction:
Contractors bid on U. S. Federal Construction projects and most contracts for federally assisted constructions exceeding $2,000 required to pay their employees the standard wage and benefit package that workers in the area performing similar work are earning the “prevailing wage”. Prevailing Wage typically means the local union wage. In government contracting, “a prevailing wage is the hourly wage, benefits and overtime, paid to the majority of workers, laborers, and mechanics within a particular area”. The culprit of all of this is the “Davis Bacon-Act” (DBA)
The act was amended several times and has been attacking by opponents claiming its racist, unnecessary, expensive and costing taxpayers and the government a lot of money. Republicans have been attacking and trying to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act on the grounds that it is outdated, expensive and bureaucratic. Their latest effort last year was claiming, the repeal will cut 2.5 trillion from the budget over the next ten years and will save 1 billion annually.
Recently, this topic is also one of the issues on CNN, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney attacking his opponent “irresponsible” for voting in support for DBA. He was claiming that the law was costing American taxpayers over 100 billion in 10 years. He also quotes “one of the first things I will do is end the government favoritism towards unions on contract and will fight to repeal the DBA”
The purpose of this paper is to discuss various opposing views of the public sector,
References: 3. Charles S. Johnson, "Negro Workers and the Unions," The Survey 60, April 15, 1928, p. 114. 8. See generally U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Labor. Hearings on H.R. 17069, 69th Cong., 2d Sess. Feb. 28, 1927, pp. 2-4. 13. See Richard C. Weaver, Neqro Labor: A National Problem (Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1948), p. 10. 14. Sterling D. Spero & Abram L. Harris, The Black Worker (New York: Columbia University Press, 1931), p. 178. 15. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Labor. Hearings on H.R. 7995 & H.R. 9232, 71st Cong., 2d Sess., Mar. 6, 1930, pp. 26-27. 16. Congressional Record, February 28, 1931, p. 6,513 (remarks of Representative Allgood). 29. Herbert R. Northrup, Organized Labor and the Neqro (New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1946), p. 46.