TCLG Davis-Bacon Compliance Division Pursues Enforcement Through Political Channels

January 4, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Garcia, 602-626-8805 TEMPE, Ariz. – January 4, 2018 – The Davis-Bacon compliance division of Torres Consulting and Law Group (TCLG) assisted the Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council in contacting its elected officials to insist that the U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) investigate wage theft at the Rocky Mountain […]


TCLG Receives Best Place to Work Recognition from Phoenix Business Journal

December 12, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Garcia, (602) 626-8805 TEMPE, Ariz. – December 11, 2017 – Torres Consulting and Law Group (TCLG) is honored to be recognized by the Phoenix Business Journal as a Best Place to Work. TCLG, which has been a finalist three out of the last six years, received its highest ranking to […]


Torres Law Group files challenge to anti-PLA, anti-apprenticeship law

December 4, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Garcia (602) 626-8805 TEMPE, Ariz. – December 4, 2017 – Torres Law Group, a leading political law firm in Arizona, filed a complaint last week on behalf of the Arizona Building and Construction Trades Council (AZ BTC) against the State of Arizona challenging A.R.S. Section 34-321. The lawsuit challenges the […]


TCLG team helps Kansas workers claim back wages

October 26, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Garcia, 602-626-8805 TCLG team helps Kansas workers claim back wages TEMPE, Ariz. – Oct. 26, 2017 – The Davis-Bacon compliance division of Torres Consulting and Law Group (TCLG) helped recover more than $217,000 in back wages and benefits owed to workers in Kansas. The U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL), […]


The Torres Law Group Secures Another Legal Win for Arizona Working Families

September 1, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jim Barton, Torres Law Group, PLLC 480-588-6120 Tempe, Ariz. – September 1, 2017 – The Torres Law Group, which represented the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99 and 32 Democratic legislators in Maricopa County Superior Court, successfully defended local government authority to decide minimum wages and benefits for employees in […]


TCLG team helps Colorado workers claim back wages

August 10, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Garcia, 602-626-8805 TEMPE, Ariz. – Aug. 10, 2017 – The Davis-Bacon compliance division of Torres Consulting and Law Group (TCLG) helped recover more than $55,000 in back wages and benefits owed to workers in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Labor, in response to a complaint filed by TCLG, found that […]


Torres Consulting Expands Government Relations Team

August 4, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Laura Garcia, 602-626-8805 TEMPE, Ariz. (Aug. 1, 2017) – Torres Consulting & Law Group (TCLG) continues to grow, welcoming two new additions to the government relations team. “We are looking forward to the expansion of our government relations services by bringing on two very talented new staff members,” says TCLG Managing […]


Sen. Jeff Flake introduces TIRE Act— would exempt highway and infrastructure projects from Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law

January 30, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TEMPE, ARIZ., JANUARY 30, 2017 – Last week, Sen. Jeff Flake introduced legislation that would devastate working families by slashing the wages protected by the Davis-Bacon Act. Sen. Flake’s bill—the TIRE Act— would exempt infrastructure projects from having to comply with the prevailing wage requirements that other federally funded construction projects are […]


Torres Law Group defends Arizona minimum wage increase from attacks by Arizona Chamber of Commerce

December 20, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jim Barton, (602) 626- 8805 TEMPE, Ariz.  – December 20, 2016 – Torres Law Group attorneys Jim Barton and Saman Golestan headed to court today to defend Proposition 206 from a constitutional challenge by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. Proposition 206 is a voter initiative to raise the minimum wage in […]


TCLG efforts lead to recovery of fringe benefits for Florida pipefitters

February 19, 2016

Torres Consulting & Law Group helped the Florida Pipe Trades achieve success after the TCLG compliance team filed third party complaints to the U.S. Department of Labor targeting three Florida contractors. The DOL found RTD Construction Inc. to be in violation of Davis-Bacon and related Acts requiring back wages of $268,000 to be paid to […]


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