McCaffrey v. State of New York

The claimant accepted employment as a lock laborer in the State service. His wages were fixed by agreement and he has been paid the wages he agreed to accept. The statute (Laws of 1929, ch. 479) does not provide that the wages of a laborer shall be determined by any rule or standard; it does provide that the State shall not pay less than the prevailing rate of wages in the same trade or occupation in the locality within the State where the claimant is employed. All laborers are entitled to the protection of the statute, but when a laborer claims that the stipulated wages which he has received…