Prevailing wage repeal may have to be revisited, says original sponsor
By Shauna Johnson, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A “true wage” is what he’s after, but state Senator Craig Blair (R-Berkeley, 15) said he doubts that’s what’s going to come out of the ongoing prevailing wage calculations from WorkForce West Virginia authorized in a new state law.
Data from the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, must be factored in, Blair...