§ 152 — Labor requirements

§ 152. Labor requirements. All contracts of an authority involving\nthe employment, among others, of laborers, workmen or mechanics shall be\nin conformity with the provisions of article eight of the labor law, and\nsuch provisions shall be deemed terms of all such contracts; and for the\npurpose of obtaining the prevailing rate of wages or fees for such\ncontracts, the authority shall proceed in the same manner as the\nmunicipality in which the authority operates. All such contracts\ninvolving the employment, among others, of architects, draftsmen or\ntechnicians, whether or not working on the site of the project, shall\ncontain a provision requiring that the wages or fees prevailing in the\nmunicipality shall be paid to such architects, draftsmen and\ntechnicians; and for the purpose of obtaining the prevailing rate of\nwages or fees, the authority shall proceed in the same manner as the\nmunicipality proceeds in obtaining the prevailing rate of wages or fees\nfor laborers, workmen and mechanics; and the industrial commissioner of\nthe state or the municipal comptroller, as the case may be, shall\ndetermine such prevailing rates of wages or fees upon application of an\nauthority in the same manner as provided by article eight of the labor\nlaw for laborers, workmen and mechanics. Employees of all contractors\nand subcontractors employed under or by virtue of such contracts shall\nhave the right to organize and to bargain collectively through\nrepresentatives of their own choosing.\n