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United Bridge Partners is based in Colorado, but company officials envision the proposed $50 million rehabilitation of the Memorial Bridge as a very local project.
“We’re pretty happy about the economic boom this is going to create for the area, especially coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Ryan Dolan, vice president of business development for UBP, during a presentation Thursday before Parkersburg City Council.
The company has submitted a bid to purchase the bridge for $4 million and rehabilitate it to extend its useful life by a minimum of 50 years. The deal is pending the approval of council and the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto used Thursday April 15, traditionally the deadline for tax filings to announce an executive order to crack down on construction companies that skirt tax laws.
Although the tax deadline has been extended until May 17 this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Peduto used the traditional “tax day” to impose the order calling for a crackdown on what amounts to tax fraud.
“Fraud has a devastating impact on worker safety and tax revenue, and it takes experts working together to fully address it. I want to thank all of our partners on working together on this effort, which will reward legitimate construction firms, protect workers and protect the city’s bottom line,” Peduto said in a statement.
Catholic Labor Network report finds wage theft in construction industry
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By Mark Pattison • Catholic News Service • Posted April 14, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) A report released April 14 by the Catholic Labor Network reveals that wage theft is rampant in the construction industry in the District of Columbia.
The report, “The Underground Economy and Wage Theft in Washington D.C.’s Commercial Construction Sector,” found that “workers are misclassified as independent contractors or paid in cash off the books, denying the public necessary tax revenues and denying workers the protection of wage and hour laws.”
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