Mike Papantonio confirmed that Sec of Labor suspended Davis-Bacon Act for BP cleanup.

[Mika]

Davis-Bacon sets gov contracted labor wages to the prevailing wage in the locale.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Davis+Bacon+Act&btnG=Google+Search

Heard him interviewed on Thom Hartmann today, and he confirmed that not only is Davis-Bacon suspended, but BP hired cleanup contractors are shipping in Mexican workers.

:mad:

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[Catshrink]

1. Didn't the same thing happen in the Katrina cleanup?

[Jennicut]

2. Yes, Bush suspended it.

Nothing on Google or Yahoo news about Obama doing it, we shall see...

[joe black]

9. That was Bush alright.

Doesn't mean Obama should do it. Nice kick in the guts for the people that live there.

[napi21]

3. Be careful with that info on the Mexican workers. When Pap said that his word were "as far as we

can tell"! I've worked around a lot of attornies & that's the way they say they really don't know!

I love Pap & I think he's doing averygood jo on the legal front to make sure BP gets punished but always lsten carefully to exactly what he says.

[Enrique]

4. +1

this story is way too thin to make much out of. I can't find anything to confirm it, which is pretty unusual on the Internet.

[Mika]

5. Ok. But a caller told Thom yesterday that D-B was suspended, so Thom asked Pap about it.

I'll pay closer attention. :hi:

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[Raine1967]

10. +2

I heard it as well. Love Pap, but I know that he is trying to get attention -- as he should.

He's a VERY good lawyer. Listen to what he says very CAREFULLY.

[Stargazer99]

6. As I've commented many time before

legalized murder

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. "Mexican workers?"

Do you mean illegal immigrants? Or do you mean people who have a legal right to seek employment in this country? If you mean the latter, why is that such a horrible thing?

[Mika]

8. Pap said "shipping in" Mexican workers.

Not exactly sure if that means illegals or not.

My concern is that since the jobs are oiled and gone locals need the work, and that Davis Bacon is suspended at wage earners expense.

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