POLITICS & NEWS

Local 860 attends the RALLY to STOP THE DELAY of the Innerbelt Bridge project held on on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. in Lincoln Park in Tremont.

Northeast Ohio Sewer District announces capital improvement program.  They are planning to control raw sewage.

 

Tony Liberatore speaks about the innerbelt on WCPN, Public Radio. Listen Here

VP Biden Visits Cleveland

Political leaders at the state and federal levels allocate funding for heavy highway construction. That’s why we recognize political activism as being critical to the strength and continuing success of Local 860 and the labor movement in general.

Good jobs, good pay, fair working conditions and secure futures for the working people of northeast Ohio all hinge on the commitment, leadership and political instincts of Local 860.

We’re meeting the challenge of accomplishment through lobbying. One example is the diligence with which we work in Columbus and Washington D.C. to shore up prevailing wage laws in Ohio, and Davis-Bacon wage regulations on the federal level.

Click here for a copy of ODOT's projects let between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2009.
Construction Projects Between 1-1-09 and 6-30-09

East 30th & Chester

Crain's Clevleand Business -- June 2008

Tony Liberatore is headlined in the Personal View section of the June 2008 issue of Crain's Cleveland Business newspaper where he talks about the reconstruction of the Cleveland Innerbelt.

Innerbelt Personal View article by Anthony D. Liberatore, Jr.

Plain Dealer - December 14, 2007

19-century mansion revived as union hall for Laborers' Local 860

Posted by Alison Grant December 13, 2007 06:56AM

See Story - Local 860 refurbishes historic building for new home

Gus Chan/The Plain Dealer The refurbished entrance to Southworth House, now home to Laborers Local 860.		Before		After

Prevailing Wage

"Prevailing Wage laws require that construction workers on public projects be paid the wages and benefits that are found by the Department of Labor to be ‘prevailing’ for similar work in or near the locality in which the construction project is to be performed"
--Dr. Michael Kelsay,
"The Adverse Economic Impact from the Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri"

The Importance of Prevailing Wage

Equitable Wages: The role of Government and Morality

Report on the Prevailing Wage Law of Nevada

Michigans Prevailing Wage Act

Local 860 Express Newsletter Archive

district07@ohr.state.oh.us - Representative Kenny Yuko's e-mail. Brother Yuko is always available for your questions.