In what should be no surprise to anyone, Gov. Chet Culver announced today that the Iowa Department of Administrative Services has been approved to move forward with wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on two upcoming projects for the Department of Corrections.
Here is the text of Gov. Culver’s release announcing the PLAs:
Gov. Culver: Welcomes [...]
March 11, 2010 – 12:25 pm
In the latest edition of the Dubuque, IA Telegraph Herald’s “Double Take” feature, supporters and opponents of project labor agreements (PLAs) and Gov. Chet Culver’s Executive Order 22, encouraging state agencies to consider PLAs on state projects, were each given an opportunity to present their views on this issue.
Jim Giese of Dubuque, owner of Jim [...]
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 [...]
February 22, 2010 – 9:31 am
In a Feb. 9 guest column in the Des Moines Register, State Representative Ralph Watts offers his thoughts on Governor Chet Culver’s Executive Order 22, which encourages state agencies to consider project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction, and also some of Big Labor’s other priority issues in Iowa in 2010.
On Executive Order 22 and [...]
February 16, 2010 – 5:31 pm
There is a textbook example of PLAs being used as political payback to Big Labor from politicians that need union support brewing in Iowa right now. This is a story about America’s most politically endangered incumbent governor and the unrealized dreams of one special interest group – Big Labor.
When Democrats took over Iowa’s state [...]
February 10, 2010 – 6:32 am
The Des Moines Register editorial board has offered their opinion on Governor Chet Culver’s Executive Order 22, which encourages state agencies to consider the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction.
While we don’t agree with the editorial board on every point in their piece, (especially their analysis of the Iowa Events Center PLA. [...]
February 9, 2010 – 5:29 pm
Iowa’s political commentators are weighing-in on Governor Chet Culver’s Executive Order 22, which encourages state agencies and departments to consider project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction. Des Moines Register columnist Kathie Obradovich is the latest to enter the fray with her op-ed published February 4 titled, “Show You’re Not Playing Politics, Governor.”
Here’s an excerpt:
Culver [...]
February 3, 2010 – 7:18 pm
Iowa Governor Chet Culver (D) today issued Executive Order 22 at the Iowa Building and Construction Trades conference in Des Moines. This order encourages state agencies to consider wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction costing over $25 million. This order is very similar to President Obama’s Executive Order 13502, issued in [...]
February 3, 2010 – 11:25 am
Iowa Governor Chet Culver today issued an executive order encouraging wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction projects at the Iowa Building and Construction Trades Convention in Des Moines. The Culver press release is below.
The order is not publicly available yet, although it will likely be similar to President Obama’s Executive Order 13502, which encourages [...]
