Victory on AB 1751: CSAEW Flexes Its Power, Protects Prevailing Wage
Thanks to the strong turnout from dozens of IBEW members from across the state at the Senate Housing Committee on 6.24.26, CSAEW was successful in protecting prevailing wage provisions while removing the Carpenters’ dangerous and undermining wage language from AB 1751, a housing bill. This victory demonstrates the power of the electrical unions as well as the unity among the most of California’s building trades community. The large turnout and broad coalition opposed to slashing trades members’ wages in half, ensured that AB 1751 can move forward to help solve the housing…