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 [...]
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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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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, [...]
February 26, 2010 – 2:01 pm
The Daily Caller published an opinion piece today by Brett McMahon, vice president of Miller & Long, a concrete construction subcontractor, based in Bethesda, Md., and a member of the Associated Builders and Contractors (”State of the unions: Not good,” 2/26/10) that discusses how Big Labor is turning to their political chums to implement policies that [...]
February 15, 2010 – 12:11 pm
Two recent magazine columns have asserted that President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 is incongruous with the administration’s recent re-focus on policy solutions that will create jobs. January government data indicates that the construction industry is suffering from 24.7 percent unemployment. But critics argue that anti-competitive PLAs increase construction costs and result in fewer construction projects built for the [...]
February 13, 2010 – 6:09 am
CNSnews published a story yesterday providing some insight into President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 from Brett McMahon, vice-president of ABC member Miller&Long Concrete Construction (”Construction Industry Opposes Obama Pro-Union Order,” 2/12/10).
It’s a little misleading to say the entire construction industry opposes the order. Certainly union contractors and 14.5 percent of the U.S. [...]
February 12, 2010 – 10:27 am
The Napa Valley Register ran an Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, vice-president of ABC member Nova Group in Napa, CA, that is critical of president Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 and other special interest giveaways to Big Labor that will kill jobs and increase wasteful federal spending (”Stopping the blows to construction industry,” 2/12/10).
Of course, [...]
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Tagged Carole Bionda, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Napa Valley Register, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, San Francisco, Section 7
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February 9, 2010 – 11:08 am
There is an article about the year anniversary of President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 over at the American Spectator Blog by Kevin Mooney (”Obama Order Locking Out Non-Union Construction Companies Marks One Year Anniversary,” 2/8/10). We briefly discussed this “Milestone Worth Not Celebrating” yesterday, and Mooney’s article argues that Executive Order [...]
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Tagged American Spectator, Brett McMahon, Craig Becker, Employee Free Choice Act, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, NLRB, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Project Labor Agreements
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February 8, 2010 – 8:14 am
Executive Order 13502 had a birthday over the weekend.
It’s hard to believe a full year has passed since President Obama signed the Feb. 6, 2009 pro-project labor agreement (PLA) directive that has reduced taxpayer accountability on federal construction projects.
Remember this?
Click here to learn about government-mandatd PLAs and the status of Executive Order 13502, which encourages special interest kickbacks [...]
February 5, 2010 – 2:45 pm
At a Feb. 2 House Education and Labor Committee hearing, U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) questioned U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 for federal construction contracts and asked why the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) mandated a PLA on a Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H.
After a protest was [...]
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Tagged Education and Labor, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Hearing, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Glenn Thompson, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
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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 [...]
