ABC Western Pennsylvania Chapter News Release: Potential PLA Would Cost McKeesport Taxpayers More

June 2, 2010 – 4:33 pm

In a May 27 press release, the Western Pennsylvania chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced that they held a meeting on May 26 with the McKeesport Area School District Building and Grounds Committee to discuss the negative impact of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs).
The release also outlines some of the other [...]

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San Diego Unified PLA Debacle: First Project Bid With A PLA Fails On All Counts

February 5, 2010 – 10:03 pm

Remember the San Diego Unified School District’s (SDUSD) corrupt move to require project labor agreements (PLAs) on all construction projects funded by the voter-approved $2.1 billion proposition S?  Big Labor said the PLAs would help control costs and guarantee a local workforce. 
As predicted, the PLA has already failed to deliver on Big Labor’s promises:
WINNING BID IS [...]

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An Ailing Process Indeed

January 25, 2010 – 5:20 pm

Wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) continue to garner public attention in Indiana, as Wishard Health Services prepares to go forward with a PLA on approximately $750 million in hospital renovations at their Marion County facility.
The latest PLA-related story titled, “An Ailing Process,” comes courtesy of the January 24 Indianapolis Star.
Here are the highlights:
At [...]

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FlashReport Takes Big Labor’s PLA Arguments to the Woodshed

January 13, 2010 – 12:33 pm

Joe Fleischman of the FlashReport Weblog on California Politics obliterates project labor agreement (PLA) proponents’ frail arguments in light of a recent report that Milpitas City Library contractors violated labor laws despite the fact that this project was covered by a PLA (“More Fodder For Opponents Of Project Labor Agreements Courtesy Of Milpitas,” 1/12).
Mr. Fleishman on PLAs (emphasis [...]

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Milpitas City Library Project PLA: A “Model Of Success”

January 12, 2010 – 10:52 am

Big Labor and their allies often claim that wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) guarantee that workers will be paid fair wages and ensure that contractors on covered projects follow the highest labor standards.
Nevertheless, the Taxpayers Accountability Project of Associated Builders and Contractors, California Cooperation Committee (ABC-CCC) found at least 56 violations of state [...]

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