Aug. 31, 2017  While the California Legislature debates a bill to hold general contractors accountable for making sure that their workers get paid, the state Labor Commissioner’s Office has

Aug. 29, 2017 – Some of California’s biggest home builders are spending millions to kill a bill that would hold them accountable if their subcontractors cheat workers out of their pay. More t

Aug. 29, 2017 –  When it comes to protecting construction workers in the underground economy, the history of California has found that the buck stops . . . nowhere. Most of the cheatin

Aug. 28, 2017 – The State Building and Construction Trades Council, the California Federation of Labor, and seven state lawmakers held a press conference today to urge the Legislature to pa

Aug. 17, 2017 –  It’s about time that California held general contractors accountable when their “subs” cheat their workers out of their hard-earned money. That&rsquo

August 15, 2017 – State Building and Construction Trades Council President Robbie Hunter warned in a recent column about the forces of greed using California’s housing crisis as a pretext