The Baltimore Sun reported that legislation has been introduced before the Baltimore City Council that would require project labor agreements (PLAs) on city projects greater than $5 million (”Union laborers would be first in line for city projects under new bill,” 3/8/10).
It is no surprise that the bill is being misrepresented by Big Labor lobbyists such as Jayson [...]
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.
Looking for something to blame?
It’s the PLA, stupid!
Looking for someone to blame?
Blame Big Labor’s lobbyists for pushing costly, job-killing special interest PLAs and blame public officials for allowing these backroom kickback schemes to [...]
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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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TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has followed the Lake Champlain Bridge project labor agreement (PLA) controversy closely (”Update on Lake Champlain Bridge Project Labor Agreement Controversy,” 2/27 and “A Bridge to Government Waste and Discrimination,” 2/16).
The Plattsburgh, N.Y. Press Republican published an Op-Ed today opposing the Lake Champlain Bridge PLA by Becky Meinking, president of ABC Empire State (”Spoils system [...]
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Tagged Champlain Bridge, New York, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Press Republican, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Vermont
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February 26, 2010 – 2:01 pm
The Daily Caller published an opinion piece today by Brett McMahon, vice president of Miller & Long, a concrete construction subcontractor, based in Bethesda, Md., and a member of the Associated Builders and Contractors (”State of the unions: Not good,” 2/26/10) that discusses how Big Labor is turning to their political chums to implement policies that [...]
February 16, 2010 – 12:57 pm
Nonunion contractors, their employees and prominent VT and NY construction trade associations are outraged about a proposed government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the Champlain Bridge reconstruction and one group is even considering a lawsuit to stop this special interest handout to Big Labor.
The reconstruction of “The Bridge to Government Waste and Special Interests” – spanning [...]
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Tagged ABC Empire State, ABC Vermont, AGC, Champlain Bridge, Federal Construction, New York, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Vermont
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February 13, 2010 – 6:09 am
CNSnews published a story yesterday providing some insight into President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 from Brett McMahon, vice-president of ABC member Miller&Long Concrete Construction (”Construction Industry Opposes Obama Pro-Union Order,” 2/12/10).
It’s a little misleading to say the entire construction industry opposes the order. Certainly union contractors and 14.5 percent of the U.S. [...]
February 12, 2010 – 10:27 am
The Napa Valley Register ran an Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, vice-president of ABC member Nova Group in Napa, CA, that is critical of president Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 and other special interest giveaways to Big Labor that will kill jobs and increase wasteful federal spending (”Stopping the blows to construction industry,” 2/12/10).
Of course, [...]
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Tagged Carole Bionda, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Napa Valley Register, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, San Francisco, Section 7
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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 4, 2010 – 3:50 am
A compelling article critical of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) by David G. Tuerck, executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research, appears in the current issue of the Cato Journal (Volume 30 Number 1, Winter 2010, “Are Unions Good for America?”).
“Why Project Labor Agreements Are Not in the Public Interest” surveys [...]
February 3, 2010 – 1:52 am
The outcry over wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) continues in Indiana. The Indianapolis Star published yet another letter to the editor in response to their article, “An Ailing Process,” published on January 24.
This most recent letter, titled, “Provide Equal Opportunity,” was published February 2.
Provide Equal Opportunity
Thank you for the Jan. 24 article, “An [...]
