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by sagarm 1991 days ago
Prefab won't be a solution for housing shortages in California because of trade union opposition. The fact that there is more than enough work to go around doesn't stop them from opposing efficiency improvements and extracting rents in the form of union labour requirements in housing bills.
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What levers do construction trade unions have to stop prefab?
Campaign finance, presumably.