Small Business Owner Addresses PLAs and Over Regulation on FOX Business
Small business owner Gus Perea of Collegeville, PA discusses the impact burdensome regulations and red tape have on small businesses across this country on the April 23 edition of America’s Nightly Scoreboard on FOX Business. As the catalyst for economic recovery and job creation in this country, these over regulation is something Gus and others […]
They Built Executive Order 13502 On False Premises
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 […]
PLAs Are “Morally Offensive”
More and more people are starting to notice President Obama’s handout (Executive Order 13502) to the construction unions. This time, it is Glen Meakem. Mr. Meakem is an economic innovator, Gulf War veteran, Harvard graduate and a radio host on several stations in Pennsylvania – and he thinks PLAs are “morally offensive.” Here is an excerpt […]
Op-Ed: Beware of Big Labor Paybacks in PA
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 […]