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Lansing City Council on Job Creation: We Don’t Need It

0 October 13, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

…for local residents. This wouldn’t be THAT big of a deal, except the East Lansing-Lansing unemployment rate has jumped to over 10 percent. Major development plans for downtown Lansing are now delayed – and may never happen – thanks to a last minute demand by Big Labor that the city council require wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of granting local financial incentives for these projects. After Lansing Cit…

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Lansing City Market PLA Reduces Bidders, Increases Costs and Harms Local Workers

0 May 4, 2009  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

…oject that will be built using a union-only PLA thanks to a requirement by Lansing City Officials. The Lansing City Market project will be re-bid and opened to a broader base of contractors after bids came in as much as $600,000 to $700,000 over budget, officials said. The LSJ reports that the new bids, made with modifications that may entice more bidders, will be re-opened May 4. The five eligible general contractors on the project were called in…

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Lansing Developer Considering Legal Action Against City Council

1 October 20, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

…t Place spoke up. <Snip> Conversely, dozens of members from the local #LoveLansing contingent showed up at Monday’s meeting. Many of them were wearing “I heart Lansing” t-shirts being sold by Joe Manzella in the Council Chamber lobby. The shirts were going for $12 and were a play on the “I heart NYC” symbol. The #LoveLansing people who spoke implored the four Council members for voting no and blocking what they see as an important development down…

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Video Documents Big Labor’s Project Labor Agreement Shakedown in Lansing

0 December 3, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

…This video explains why this special interest shakedown is a black eye for Lansing’s government and could have ultimately cost Lansing jobs and economic progress, if not for a wise court ruling. Here is additional background on the controversy from Michigan Capitol Confidential (Big Labor Fights Against Lansing Entrepreneurs … and Virg Bernero?, 11/15/10): The developer, Pat Gillespie of East Lansing, purchased the property for $1.6 million from t…

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