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By: Dirty Democrats » Barack Obama Sneaks Through “Union Only” Order Shutting 8 in 10 Construction Workers Out of Federal Projects

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:25:50 +0000

[...] of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit [...]

By: test » Obama restricts government contracts over 25M to unionized labor

test » Obama restricts government contracts over 25M to unionized labor — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:34:23 +0000

[...] of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit [...]

By: OMB Encourages Discriminatory and Costly Union-Only PLAs on Federal Construction Projects « Gettheflipouttahere's Blog

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:28:28 +0000

[...] To read the OMB policy memorandum, click here. To read Executive Order 13502, click here. thetruthaboutplas.com [...]

By: Obama restricts government contracts over 25M to unionized labor « Wintery Knight Blog

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:02:19 +0000

[...] of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit [...]

By: Barack Obama Sneaks Through “Union Only” Order Shutting 8 in 10 Construction Workers Out of Federal Projects (Red State) | North Houston Tea Party Patriots

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:53:02 +0000

[...] of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit [...]

By: REB

REB — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:28:39 +0000

As a former local and state director of planning, in dispensing federal funds for local projects under the federal CDBG program, we invariably had to take the “lowest qualified bidder” in completing local projects using even a portion of federal funds. This fostered competition that favored the use of public dollars more efficiently. Now, with this Exec. Order and OMB policy, a locality has to–at a minimum–review why or why not they decided to use (or not use) PLA’s, particularly for large scale road and building projects. In essence, the taxpayer is “taxed” four times: 1) via income tax supporting the initial federal funds; 2) then increased exponentially as an increase beyond local normal wage–using prevailing wages; 3) loss of local competitive jobs as a result of union-only prevailing wage (a-la Davis Bacon Act), unemployment resulting; 4) payment to union pension without receiving any benefits thereby. From this author’s perspective, the non-union workers often do equal or better work than union workers, serving the local public far better, and stretching & saving limited $$ more into servicing other necessary projects. In essence, we’re asked by law to take the “lowest qualified bidder” yet still have to pay prevailing wage, based on federal wage tables (not local tables). Catch 22…

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Shopfloor » Blog Archive » Card Check: Punishing Enemies, Rewarding Friends — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:41:10 +0000

[...] OMB recently issued a memorandum to agencies instructing them to use Project Labor Agreements for federal projects over $25 million in cost. PLAs [...]

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My Kids Deserve Better » Blog Archive » My Kids Deserve Better — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:29:49 +0000

[...] of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit [...]

By: Barack Obama Sneaks Through “Union Only” Order Shutting 8 in 10 Construction Workers Out of Federal Projects - Erick’s blog - RedState

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:00:56 +0000

[...] of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit [...]

By: Barack Obama Sneaks Through “Union Only” Order Shutting 8 in 10 Construction Workers Out of Federal Projects - BrianFaughnan’s blog - RedState

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:44:56 +0000

[...] of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit [...]