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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February 4, 2010 – 3:50 am
A compelling article critical of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) by David G. Tuerck, executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research, appears in the current issue of the Cato Journal (Volume 30 Number 1, Winter 2010, “Are Unions Good for America?”).
“Why Project Labor Agreements Are Not in the Public Interest” surveys [...]
December 18, 2009 – 7:16 am
The Central Penn Business Journal’s Op-Ed by Gus Perea warns of the economic consequences of Big Labor paybacks via Executive Order 13502 and project labor agreements (PLAs) (”Pennsylvania Taxpayers and Employers: Beware of Big Labor Paybacks,” 12/17).
On the rare occasion that a nonunion contractor wins a PLA contract, the order would bully its employees into joining a [...]
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Central Penn Business Journal, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Gus Perea, Op-Ed, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements
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October 7, 2009 – 7:35 am
An Op-Ed critical of President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 by David G. Tuerck, chairman and professor of economics and executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) at Suffolk University, ran in today’s Boston Globe (”Obama Kowtows to Labor Unions,” 10/7).
Professor Tuerck, author of a new BHI study called ”Project Labor Agreements on [...]
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Big Dig, Boston Globe, David G. Tuerck, Executive Order 13502, Massachusetts, Op-Ed, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Project Labor Agreements
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September 30, 2009 – 7:15 am
Federal Times, the premier news source for federal government managers, covered the September 23 release of the Beacon Hill Institute’s (BHI) study, “Project Labor Agreements on Federal Construction Projects: A Costly Solution in Search of a Problem,” in their September 28 “This Week” news briefs. The BHI study found that PLAs significantly increase construction costs on [...]
September 28, 2009 – 8:56 am
Sunday the Boston Herald editorial board wrote a piece summarizing the latest study on costly and anti-competitive project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects from the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) and agreed with one of the BHI’s key conclusions about PLAs (”Political Payback,” 9/27).
The institute’s latest report on PLAs casts doubt on the only rationale for the agreements – [...]
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Boston Herald, David G. Tuerck, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements
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September 24, 2009 – 12:14 pm
The FAR Council’s comment period on a proposed rule that would implement President Obama’s Feb. 6 Executive Order 13502 relating to federal PLAs closed on 9/23 at midnight.
Today, ABC National released the following press release (pdf) highlighting ABC member contractors and employees’ opposition to the proposed rule and President Obama’s costly and discriminatory Executive Order 13502.
ABC MEMBERS VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...]
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Executive Order 13502, FAR Council Proposed Rule, featured, Federal Contracting, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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September 24, 2009 – 4:27 am
A news release issued yesterday by the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) promotes a new study that is critical of federal Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) and President Obama’s Executive Order 13502. The study found that PLAs, which are encouraged on federal construction projects costing more than $25 million via President Obama’s Feb. 6 executive order, will “significantly increase construction costs [...]
Our post about the San Diego Union-Tribune’s anti-PLA editorial reminded me of an anti-PLA editorial published by the Boston Herald (“Stimulus for some,” 4/8/09) a few weeks prior to the launch of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com. The Herald’s excellent editorial came on the heels of an AP story about Mass. considering PLAs on projects funded by the federal stimulus [...]
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Big Dig, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, David G. Tuerck, Editorial, Gov. Patrick, Letter to the Editor, Massachusetts, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, Study
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During the past 10 years, many of California’s daily newspapers (including the Sacramento Bee, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Orange County Register and San Diego Union-Tribune) have published editorials denouncing Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) proposed at local governments for public works projects. This is no surprise: anyone who looks objectively at how PLAs are promoted [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, California, Connecticut, Editorial, Massachusetts, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, San Diego, SDUSD, Study
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