Mike Henderson, president of ABC Baltimore, today appeared on the Sean & Frank program on Baltimore’s WCBM-AM (680 AM) to discuss legislation that will be introduced before the Baltimore City Council March 22 that would require “community partnership agreements” on city projects with a total cost of $5 million or more.
Listen to the radio interview here.
Here is a [...]
In what should be no surprise to anyone, Gov. Chet Culver announced today that the Iowa Department of Administrative Services has been approved to move forward with wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on two upcoming projects for the Department of Corrections.
Here is the text of Gov. Culver’s release announcing the PLAs:
Gov. Culver: Welcomes [...]
The Pasadena Sun-Times is reporting that the the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District has caved to Big Labor’s special interests and pledged to use PLAs on future construction projects (”San Gabriel water district gives big win to organized labor,” 3/14).
Those projects are expected to include a $210 million water recycling plant and several [...]
Another Albany Times Union letter to the editor (”Bid project for bridge both ways,” 3/15) refutes a March 6 letter to the editor that encourages the use of a controversial project labor agreement (PLA) on the Lake Champlain Crown Point Bridge (a PLA fight TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has covered here) by Robert J. Jones, business manager of the International [...]
Following the lead of Orange and San Diego Counties, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors is poised to take up an ordinance that would prohibit wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on county construction projects. If adopted, three of the four most populous counties in California will have said no to political handouts, and [...]
The editorial board of the Riverside Press-Enterprise is correct again with their latest editorial opposing the Riverside Community College District project labor agreement (PLA) that is on tonight’s agenda (”Labor Giveaway,” 3/15/10).
The Riverside Community College District has a public duty to protect taxpayers’ $350 million investment in new facilities. That duty requires the district to seek the [...]
A March 12 Albany Times Union letter to the editor refutes a March 6 letter to the editor that encourages the use of a controversial project labor agreement (PLA) on the Lake Champlain Crown Point Bridge (a PLA fight TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has covered here) by Robert J. Jones, business manager of the International Union of Operating [...]
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!
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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 [...]
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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