<snip> Key officials with the AFL-CIO in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Alabama met in Jackson on Thursday to urge Bush to reinstate the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931. The act requires payment of prevailing wages on government contracts based on surveys that take into account pay in a given area.
Bush suspended the act on Sept. 8, saying the move will help reduce rebuilding costs, which some estimate at $200 billion, and open opportunities to minority-owned companies that often are left out of federal government contracts.
"Days after Katrina destroyed so many lives and families and when people were still rescuing from roof tops in New Orleans, President Bush took time to strike a blow to the working men and women," said Alabama AFL-CIO president Stewart Burkhalter. "The suspension of Davis-Bacon is designed to do nothing more than increase the profits in large corporations with close ties to this administration." <snip>
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