Local wages.  Local workers. 

Strong local communities.

 

 

HOW DOES INDIANA’S COMMON CONSTRUCTION WAGE BENEFIT HOOSIERS?

 

 

STRENGTHENS HARD-WORKING LOCAL FAMILIES

• Common Construction project wages create a middle class career

  opportunity for Hoosiers who do not have a college education.

 

• It requires decent wages for hard-working, well-trained Hoosier construction workers

 

 

SUPPORTS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING

• The law works to foster a skilled workforce to further strengthen the local economy.

 

• The Common Construction Wage supports apprenticeship and job training and provides middle class Hoosiers career opportunities.

 

 

FUELS INDIANA’S ECONOMY

• The wages earned on these projects enable workers to purchase homes for their families and spend locally.

 

• Families supported by Common Construction Wage incomes have local spendable income, provide local restaurants and small businesses with a stable, long-term customer base.

 

 

CREATES THE MOST VALUE AND CONTROL FOR LOCAL INDIANA COMMUNITIES

• CCW ensures skilled workers are hired for local public works

  construction projects.  Companies with low-wage contracts hire low-wage and low-skilled workers.   By setting wages on a construction project, local communities are ensuring they are hiring skilled workers to build their community projects.

 

• When companies are not required to pay a Common Construction Wage, more people are paid very low or even poverty level wages. This often forces them onto welfare, food stamps or other government services, hurting taxpayers and a local community's quality of life.

 

 

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When people have more spending money, local shops and businesses grow, as does sales tax revenue for local governments.