Pennsylvania’s Graterford Prison project labor agreement (PLA) controversy is in the Philadelphia newspapers again. No progress has been made on the construction of this important project.
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It’s the PLA, stupid!
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Blame Big Labor’s lobbyists for pushing costly, job-killing special interest PLAs and blame public officials for allowing these backroom kickback schemes to [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Commonwealth Foundation, Department of General Services, Graterford, Legal Challenge, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer, PLA victim, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, The Pennsylvania Independent, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 10, 2009 – 5:36 am
ICYMI, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC support [...]
November 6, 2009 – 3:17 pm
We have breaking news about the controversial U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Job Corps Center that has been covered numerous times here at TheTruthAboutPLAs.com.
Below is a news release from ABC National.
New Release
ABC Defeats Unlawful and Discriminatory New Hampshire Construction Contract
Move Comes in Response to ABC Member Protest
Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced that the [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, GAO, Legal Challenge, Manchester, New Hampshire, News Release, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements
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October 7, 2009 – 11:28 am
The Washington Times covered President Obama’s Executive Order 13502 and the bid protest filed this week with the Government Accountability Office by North Branch Construction, a Concord, N.H.-based general contractor and member of ABC (”Obama Puts Union Strings on Federal Jobs,” 10/7).
The focus of the bid protest is a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Brett McMahon, Executive Order 13502, Legal Challenge, Manchester, New Hampshire, pensions, PLA Basics, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Right to Work, Washington Times
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Associated General Contractors (AGC) - San Diego filed a lawsuit July 30 against the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). The suit claims that provisions in the project stabilization agreement (a PLA by another name) approved by the School Board prevent non-union apprentices from working on projects funded by the $2.1 billion voter-approved Proposition S bond and amount to discrimination. In [...]
While much of this week’s attention focued on Obama administration attempts to encourage federal department and agency heads to utilize wasteful and discriminatory union-only project labor agreements, there have been PLA developments at the state and local levels that warrent attention as well.
In Trumbull, CT subcontractors for the Trumbull High School renovation/reconstruction project have been selected. The local construction unions’ are upset [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged California, Connecticut, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, Greenmail, Hospital Construction, Legal Challenge, OMB Memo, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, San Diego, SavePropS.com, School Construction, SDUSD
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The following (and attached) press release was issued today by Assocated Builders and Contractors in response to the July 10 policy memorandum by OMB and the proposed rule to implement President Obama’s Executive Order 13502:
Legal Questions Surround President Obama’s Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today questioned the [...]
