Sentences with phrase «percent local labor»

The 90 percent local labor rule could be suspended for projects which require tradespersons with specialized skills not found in the area.

Not exact matches

Though it only has to apply to 10 percent of its purchases right now, the district is also following a Good Food Purchasing Policy which requires food to meet certain standards for animal welfare, fair labor practices, sustainability and support of the local economy.

Just five days after reporting that the Buffalo Niagara job market had its worst month for job growth in seven years during September, the state Labor Department said the local unemployment rate fell to a 10 - year low of 4.9 percent last month.

Donovan Rypkema has noted that renovation and restoration uses twice as much labor, and half as much material as new construction; with windows, it is almost 100 percent labour and it is pretty much all local.

Since the housing crash the local labor market for construction workers has shrunk by almost 46 percent.