US judge blocks rule seeking higher wages for construction workers

Mitchell Keller Managing Editor, American Cranes & Transport

25 June 2024

A Biden administration rule was blocked, at least temporarily, after US District Judge Sam Cummings said the Department of Labor (DOL) lacks authority to force prevailing wage requirements when government agencies do not explicitly include them in contracts.

The rule sought to expand cases wherein construction contractors would be required to pay workers prevailing wages – usually a union-bargained wage (or wage floor) including benefits – on about US$200 billion of federally-funded infrastructure projects. It also extended these expectations to truck drivers working on those construction sites.

The…

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