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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

raise the salaries of the lowest-paid workers on infrastructure ranging from highways and bridges to battery plants, hydrogen production facilities, and semiconductor fabs
it would be a step toward shrinking the wage gap between Northern states, which have generally higher worker protections, and the South and Southwest, where contractors are more hostile to unions and reliant on a migrant workforce.

what do you want to bet the courts will be hostile to it

[–] 108@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some will also be paid to be hostile.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

can't argue with that

[–] GarytheSnail@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully they receive the prevailing payment amount.