PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) – A Republican member of the Indiana Ports Commission has resigned to protest Gov. Mike Pence's support for a GOP-backed bill that would repeal the law that sets wages for public construction projects.

Commissioner David Fagan of Portage submitted his resignation effective April 30 in a letter to Pence on Friday. He says repealing the 80-year-old Common Construction Wage law would “slash wages for Indiana workers, cripple Indiana contractors, starve small businesses” and reduce state's tax revenue.

Supporters say the law would save taxpayers money on public projects. The measure has cleared the House and goes before a Senate committee Tuesday.

Fagan founded a group called the Lunch Pail Republicans that encourages the GOP to be both pro-business and pro-labor.

A message seeking comment was sent to a spokeswoman for Pence.