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June 14, 2021, 9:30 AM

Punching In: GOP Outliers Give Unions Hope for Jobs Plan Accord

Ben Penn
Ben Penn
Reporter
Bruce Rolfsen
Bruce Rolfsen
Reporter

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

Infrastructure Talks | ETS Pain | Holding Pattern

Ben Penn: An undercard Senate vote last week provided a rare survey of the chances for bipartisan agreement on labor provisions in a big-ticket infrastructure package, as eight Republicans joined Democrats to preserve wage standards in the China competition bill.

Before the Senate approved the nearly quarter-trillion-dollar U.S. Innovation and Competition Act on June 8, it voted 58-42 against an amendment introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) that would’ve barred prevailing wage protections from applying to federally funded semiconductor manufacturing construction projects.

The effort to ...

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