August 26, 2010 – 8:54 am
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and its members have stopped another government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a proposed federal construction project. This is yet another blow to the Obama administration’s effort to implement Executive Order 13502, which encourages the use of PLAs on federal construction costing more than $25 million.
In this most recent victory [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, New Jersey, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, US Army Corps of Engineers
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There is a new chapter in the public record of poor performance of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). Facing bid prices that were at least 35 percent higher than the proposed budget for the construction of a new town hall and library complex, the Moorestown Township Council decided to withdraw its requirement that all contractors [...]
January 26, 2010 – 2:42 pm
In a January 24 editorial, the Asbury Park Press reduced newly inaugurated Governor Chris Christie’s 88 point plan for New Jersey into 20 items the editorial board believes should be tackled immediately.
Item #17 caught our attention:
17. End the use of project labor agreements, which drive up the cost of public construction projects.
Here at TheTruthAboutPLAs, all [...]
January 19, 2010 – 3:45 pm
At noon today, Chris Christie took the oath of office and became Governor of New Jersey. By electing a Republican in this blue state, voters sent a signal to state officials that they want a change. The people of New Jersey are no longer willing to accept high taxes and waste from their state government.
One [...]
December 8, 2009 – 9:26 am
The debate over government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) in New Jersey is in the news again. New Jersey’s Asbury Park Pressran a scathing editorial opposed to PLAs (Costly PLAs Must Be Ended, 11/16) that TheTruthAboutPLAs covered here.
The paper published an Op-Ed defending PLAs by Phillip E. Cooney, vice president of the New Jersey Carpenter Contractor Trust, a [...]
November 16, 2009 – 10:52 am
In a November 16 editorial titled, “Costly PLAs Must Be Ended,” the Asbury Park Press weighs in on the project labor agreement (PLA) controversy. The paper calls on Governor-elect Chris Christie to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the use of costly and discriminatory PLAs on public construction in New Jersey.
Here is an excerpt:
Gov.-elect Chris [...]
November 5, 2009 – 6:04 am
Republican Chris Christie defeated incumbent Jon Corzine on Tuesday to become New Jersey’s next governor.
According to the Washington Post,
Christie, a former U.S. attorney who also made fighting corruption in state politics a theme of his campaign, finished with 48.8 percent of the vote to Corzine’s 44.6, a margin of almost 100,000 votes with 99 percent [...]
While the federal government is tripping over itself to give handouts to Big Labor by encouraging government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million, several states have enacted legislation or issued executive orders rejecting wasteful and anti-competitive PLAs. Since 1995, five states now prohibit government-mandated PLAs on public construction projects. Leaders in [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Arkansas, Illinous, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Section 7, State Executive Order, State Legislation, Utah
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