No doubt this is true, but the report would have benefited from a mention of the opposite problem in the U.S.: the existence of so-called Davis-Bacon requirements for most public works, which set the prevailing union wage scale no matter what the competitive market pay for quality work would be.

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And no insurer will pay up for a work of art that's been claimed by a foreign government.

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He said he has been willing to work for no pay to accrue experience required for a professional engineering license.

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