Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison invited Fair Contracting Foundation’s Mike Wilde and ILEPI’s Frank Manzo to present on the value of prevailing wages to nearly 400 public attorneys and regulators. The history and policy purpose behind prevailing wage laws was covered by FCF. The Illinois Economic Policy Institute’s Manzo gave the audience the findings of a recent study that examined 640 school bid packages. The academic study gave further empirical evidence to the audience of compliance professionals that the projects that required prevailing wages were no more costly than those projects that did not. Attorney General Ellison has already proven to be a champion of Minnesota’s workforce and FCF is encouraged by his commitment to prevailing wage laws.
