Calif Bill wrote:
"P.Fritz" wrote in message


http://www.libertyhaven.com/politics...avisbacon.html


Typical right-wing crap, repeated so often it's the BIG LIE of certain
corporate interests.




The Act was passed in order to prevent non-unionized black and immigrant
laborers from competing with unionized white workers. The discriminatory
effects continue, as even today minorities tend to be vastly
under-represented in highly unionized skilled trades, and over-represented
in the pool of unskilled workers.


Absolute bullship. Virtually every major black organization fully
supports Davis-Bacon, because the folks they represent benefit
tremendously from it.

I was out in your area a year and a half ago, and spent one of my days
there out on a bridge going up over the Sacremento River. There were
dozens of minority workers on that job, and lots of women, too, working
as ironworkers. When I visited the IBEW training facility in SF, I met
nearly a dozen women completing a four year apprenticeship through the
union.

Your problem, Bill, is that you can't bid on the more lucrative jobs,
because you are underfunded, and your workforce consists of pickup
crews, and you don't provide the right kind of insurance.