And one my buddy's worked for the city of bellevue as an electrician doing independent non-union electrical work. I'd be damned if he made a penny less than prevailing wage as its a highly skilled job.
I garuntee you he didn't make less. Washington state changed there laws recently and we can't pay any less. It's worked out well though because we've used it to justify new positins and cut our contracted services bc with benefits the wages work out close to the same without the communication headaches