1.   He defends prevailing wage laws for skilled construction workers and supports increasing the minimum wage.

2.   No one determines if the company is actually paying the prevailing wage.

3.   Although foreign workers are supposed to be paid prevailing wages, critics charge that some accept lower salaries and fewer benefits than Americans in the same field.

4.   Assembly Democrats, also taking no chances, want to make the prevailing wage standard more explicit.

5.   Asked why he would fork out twice the prevailing wage, Ford answered that his workers could better afford the cars he was mass producing.

6.   -- Require employers to comply with federal, state and local laws and pay the prevailing regional wage for in-home care.

7.   Companies are required only to pay those foreigners at least the prevailing wage.

8.   Federal, state and local construction projects must pay a specified prevailing wage for each job classification.

9.   Gore also supports labor on preserving federal legislation that requires contractors to pay prevailing wage rates to workers on government-funded projects.