Construction labor research-analyst since 2003 (@NorCalCarpU)
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@slittlehale.bsky.social
Mar 19, 2023 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Why is a Skilled and Trained Workforce requirement problematic for construction of housing in California?
It comes down to this: 1) it reduces job opportunities for hundreds of thousands of workers to work prevailing wage jobs, including ≈100,000 union members.
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... and 2) the math of producing a lot more housing quickly doesn't work to restrict a large % of "Skilled and Trained Workforce" jobs for graduates of apprenticeships.
1) is simple to explain.
There are 330k residential construction workers ...
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