In an op-ed published in the June 19 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette titled, “State’s Union-Friendly Deals Unfair, too Costly,” Stephen R. Campbell and Vicki Craft Kearns present a well-written overview of the project labor agreement (PLA) issue in Pennsylvania and nationwide. The op-ed also does an excellent job laying out how Big Labor’s support [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Department of General Services, Federal Legislation, Keystone Research Center, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, Prisons, Rendell, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs
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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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August 28, 2009 – 5:27 am
Penn State’s student run newspaper, The Daily Collegian, reports that the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) has started the rebidding process for the $200 million State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Benner Township in Centre County, PA after costs from the initial round of bidding came in too high (“Prison construction bidding to resume,” 8/26).
Despite predictions by politicians (specifically PA [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Benner Township, Department of General Services, Keystone Research Center, Pennsylvania, PLA Basics, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Rockview, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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The Bulletin is reporting and www.thetruthaboutPLAs.com sources confirmed that the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) will require a wasteful and discriminatory union-only PLA on the Graterford prison reconstruction project in Montgomery County, PA. This $400 million project is one of at least six upcoming prison reconstruction/renovation projects in Pennsylvania. The price tag for all six projects is expected to [...]
Here is an interesting update (and documentation of government corruption and cronyism) on the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Benner Township (commonly called the Rockview prison project), which is one of a series of approximately $830 million in jail construction projects the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) is putting out to bid that may [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Benner Township, Centre County, Department of General Services, Keystone Research Center, Pennsylvania, PLAs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Rockview, Union Propaganda Machine
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Pennsylvania is building a series of jails around the Commonwealth and construction unions are lobbying hard to ensure discriminatory and costly PLAs on each jail. These sweetheart deals for Big Labor will funnel lucrative state construction contracts directly to unionized contractors and their union workforce with little to no competition from non-union contractors and the more than eight out [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Benner Township, Department of General Services, Hill International, Keystone Research Center, Pennsylvania, PLAs, Press Conference, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Rockview, Sen. Corman, The Lockhaven Express
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On 5/19 we wrote about the implementation of costly and discriminatory PLAs on approximately $830 million worth of construction for six new Pennsylvania prisons depends on the findings of an ongoing PLA feasibility “study” conducted by a union propoganda machine research firm with deep ties to Big Labor - the Harrisburg-based Keystone Research Center (KRC). (Note the KRC Board [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Benner Township, Department of General Services, Hill International, Keystone Research Center, Pennsylvania, PLAs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Union Propaganda Machine, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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