Matter of Watson v. McGoldrick

Lehman, Ch. J.

The petitioners are employed by the city of New York, under the civil service title of motor grader operators, to perform manual labor upon its public works. They and other persons employed by the city under that title are paid at the rate of seven dollars and fifty cents per day. The statute provides that the wages to be paid to them for a legal day’s work shall be not less than the prevailing rate for a day’s work “ in the same trade or occupation ” and in the same locality. Claiming that the wages they are receiving are less than this prevailing rate of wages, the petitioners…