(MPRN-Lansing) A fight over signature-gathering is the next battle over a question to outlaw guaranteed union-level wages on public projects.
Attorneys for the unions and union contractors that oppose the petition drive say they’ve found thousands of examples of people who signed petitions multiple times.
They say that plus other deficiencies mean the petition drive has fallen short of the number of signatures needed to put the question before the Legislature or on the ballot. Attorney John Pirich says paying circulators to gather names is an incentive to cheat.
“It’s pretty obvious how this process has gone off the track.”
The non-union builders behind the campaign to outlaw prevailing wage say they’re confident they have enough signatures.
