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Greg Casar: “The law then required that this developer pay the workers…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Rep. Greg Casar | 2026 CWA Legislative Political Conference

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

Huge project, thousands of jobs. And the city. This is before I was at the city. The city gave them huge amounts of subsidies, millions of dollars in support, and The law then required that this developer pay the workers union wages. But the developer decided they didn't want to follow the law. And they actually went to the mayor and said, look, we've broken the law and we've decided we're going to keep on breaking the law. (06:28–06:34)

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Asserts that there was a legal requirement for developers to pay union wages.

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