Max Parrott at LaborPress reports Construction Unions don’t just deliver financial benefits to their Members, but often to private developers too.  Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) recently authored a report that concluded developers are likely to save money by using Union Labor on private Prevailing Wage Projects.  “The conclusion is that Prevailing Wage Laws do seem to make Union Labor a little bit cheaper than Non-Union Labor because of the vast differences in which a Union Shop versus an open shop provide their Workers with comprehensive benefits,” said Russel Weaver, who serves as the Research Director of the ILR School’s Buffalo Co-Lab and is a Co-Author of the report.  The ILR hosted a panel conversation earlier this month in New York City between the reports’ authors, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Labor Unions and the Real Estate Industry to discuss the role Prevailing Wage Projects play in building safer, more cost-efficient projects in New York City.

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