Construction workers, union members and affordable housing advocates expressed their support for City Council legislation that would require developers of some affordable housing projects being built with city funding to pay workers $40 an hour in wages and benefits.
The bill, known as the Construction Justice Act, would create minimum wage and benefit standards for construction workers working on buildings with at least 100 residential units and a total construction cost of $3 million or more.
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