The Baltimore Sun reported that legislation has been introduced before the Baltimore City Council that would require project labor agreements (PLAs) on city projects greater than $5 million (”Union laborers would be first in line for city projects under new bill,” 3/8/10).
It is no surprise that the bill is being misrepresented by Big Labor lobbyists such as Jayson [...]
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has long maintained that government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) are one of the purest forms of payback to special interests. Sometimes it is hard to believe that PLAs are even legal. And as this example will demonstrate, elected officials go to great lengths to justify their paybacks to special interests.
Matthew J. Brouillette, president and [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Benner Township, Centre County, Commonwealth Foundation, Department of General Services, Keystone Research Center, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer, PLA Basics, PLA Fact, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Rockview, The Philadelphia Independent, Union Propaganda Machine
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San Diego KCBQ AM 1170’s Rick Amato talks project labor agreements (PLAs) with Scott Crosby, president of Associated Builders and Contractor’s San Diego Chapter on the March 4 edition of the Rick Amato Show.
It’s great radio and they really do an outstanding job of touching on why PLAs are a bad deal for San Diego.
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A quote in a recent Washington Business Journal article indicates that Joslyn Williams, president of the AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, believes McDonald’s employees earn $50 an hour (”Bill heats up battle over required use of union labor,” 2/28/10).
“The city has to decide whether it wants people working on its construction projects to earn only ‘McDonald’s wages,’” said Joslyn Williams, president [...]
According to a press release by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, in Boston Mass., a new poll of Massachusetts voters indicates the public opposes a key provision of typical PLAs.
A new survey conducted by the Suffolk University Political Research Center for the Beacon Hill Institute shows that 69% of Massachusetts voters oppose a requirement [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Boston Herald, David G. Tuerck, Executive Order 13502, Massachusetts, McGowan, pensions, PLA Basics, PLAs, PLAs Discriminate, Polls, Project Labor Agreements, The Public Opposes PLAs
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A March 1 San Diego Daily Transcript Op-Ed by Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction’s (CFEC) Eric Christen slams wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) for their negative impact on job growth.
Here are the highlights (Links added):
Unemployment stands at 12.4 percent. The state is facing un-ending multi-billion dollar deficits. The city of Vallejo has [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, California, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Kill Jobs, San Diego, SDUSD, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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Pennsylvania’s Graterford Prison project labor agreement (PLA) controversy is in the Philadelphia newspapers again. No progress has been made on the construction of this important project.
Looking for something to blame?
It’s the PLA, stupid!
Looking for someone to blame?
Blame Big Labor’s lobbyists for pushing costly, job-killing special interest PLAs and blame public officials for allowing these backroom kickback schemes to [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Commonwealth Foundation, Department of General Services, Graterford, Legal Challenge, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer, PLA victim, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, The Pennsylvania Independent, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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The construction industry is still waiting for the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council to issue a final rule on regulations that promote project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million, as directed by President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009 Executive Order 13502.
After months of intense opposition and no comment from the White House or action by federal regulators, [...]
The Waterbury Republican American reported on 2/24/10 that two CT schools recently constructed under project labor agreements (PLAs) have suffered cost overruns, construction defects and missed construction deadlines.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRAST: Item: The $20.5 million Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School was finished late and came in 10 percent over budget. Today, it’s leaky, the climate-control system is faulty, the [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Connecticut, Editorial, PLA victim, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Republican American, School Construction, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Waterbury
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Jan Mickelson from the Mickelson in the Morning show, Iowa’s most popular daily talk show, discusses Governor Chet Culver’s Executive Order 22, encouraging state agencies to consider project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction, with Brett McMahon, vice president of Miller & Long, a concrete construction subcontractor, and a member of the Associated Builders and [...]
