Connecticut Governor Lamont Signs HB 5003

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Laborers’ Under the Dome
May 15, 2026

At a ceremony Monday in Hartford, Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 5003 a huge, omnibus labor bill, into law. Included in the bill’s 75 sections are measures important to LIUNA members, such as requiring contractors and subcontractors to submit daily site logs on public works projects, ensuring apprentices are paid full benefits on prevailing wage jobs, making contractors liable for wages owed by a subcontractor, and establishing new protections for operators of cranes and hoisting equipment.

“I am proud that Connecticut is a state that stands by its workforce to defend workers against labor violations and ensure that they are treated fairly, and this legislation extends those protections to include a number of commonsense safeguards on behalf of those who keep our state and our economy running,” Governor Lamont said.

Connecticut Laborers’ District Council
Keith R. Brothers, Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer

(Laborers’ Under the Dome 5-15-26)

Port KC closes worker wage loophole

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Axios Kansas City – March 25, 2026
Abbey Higginbotham & Travis Meier

Workers are putting down picket signs after Port KC closed a loophole in its project financing that allowed developers to pay lower wages than Missouri’s prevailing wage standards.

Why it matters: Construction is booming across the city, and after weeks of picketing over wages at Port KC-backed projects, union workers say the new rule is a step forward, even as they push for more.

What’s inside: The rule requires Port KC contracts to mandate Missouri’s minimum hourly pay for construction workers — known as the prevailing wage — on bond-financed sale-leaseback projects, closing a loophole that allowed developers to pay workers below the minimum.

  • The rates vary by profession and county, with elevator constructors in Jackson County earning more than $100 per hour.
  • Port KC’s rule applies to logistics, industrial, data and office projects exceeding $3 million, as well as to hotels, multifamily and mixed-use projects exceeding $15 million.
  • Port KC will audit worker pay and levy fines against developers for every day a worker is underpaid, multiplied by the number of underpaid work

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