February 23, 2010 – 4:03 pm
Pennsylvania Senator Lloyd Smucker got a chance to offer his thoughts on wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) at a Feb. 16 Senate Appropriations Committee hearing with Department of General Services (DGS) Secretary James Creedon and Dep. Secretary for Procurement/Appropriations Anne Rung.
As regular readers recall, DGS lead on effort on behalf of the Rendell [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Department of General Services, Hearing, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, Prisons, Rendell, Rockview, Save the Endangered Species, State Legislation, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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December 17, 2009 – 10:01 am
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives has posted their testimony to the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee concerning government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on PA projects and Representative John Bear’s H.B. 2010, The Open Contracting Act, that would prohibit these special interest handouts on state construction.
As usual, the Commonwealth Foundation knocks it out of [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Groups Opposed to PLAs, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Dick Stevenson, Rep. Jerry Stern, Rep. John Bear, Rep. Matt Gabler, Save the Endangered Species, Saylor, State Legislation, Union Contractors Opposed to PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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December 11, 2009 – 1:47 pm
Video from the Thursday, December 10 Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee hearing on the wasteful and discriminatory impact of project labor agreements (PLAs) and Representative John Bear’s H.B. 2010, “The Open Contracting Act,” that would prohibit PLAs on state and state-funded construction projects is now available.
Pennsylvania lawmakers, nonunion contractors, employees and other business groups and [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Groups Opposed to PLAs, Hearing, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Rep. Dick Stevenson, Rep. Jerry Stern, Rep. John Bear, Save the Endangered Species, State Legislation, Union Contractors Opposed to PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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December 10, 2009 – 9:35 am
Yesterday the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee held a hearing on project labor agreements (PLAs) and legislation (House Bill 2010, The Open Contracting Act) introduced by Reps. Stan Saylor (R-York) and John Bear (R-Lancaster) that would prohibit government-mandated PLAs on PA and PA-funded construction projects.
PA lawmakers, nonunion contractors, employees and other business groups and construction associations testified [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Groups Opposed to PLAs, Hearing, Pennsylvania, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Dick Stevenson, Rep. Jerry Stern, Rep. John Bear, Rep. Matt Gabler, Save the Endangered Species, Saylor, State Legislation, Union Contractors Opposed to PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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December 9, 2009 – 7:25 am
Today the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee will hold a hearing on project labor agreements (PLAs) and legislation (House Bill 2010, The Open Contracting Act) introduced by Reps. Stan Saylor (R-York) and John Bear (R-Lancaster) that would prohibit government-mandated PLAs on PA and PA-funded construction projects.
The committee is scheduled to hear testimony from stakeholders in [...]
November 9, 2009 – 9:48 am
An editorial from WGAL Channel 8’s president and general manager, Paul Quinn, supports PA Rep. John C. Bear’s (97th District in Lancaster County) legislation (H.B. 2010) prohibiting government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) in PA.
While we do not have anything against unions, we think it is unfair to eliminate the vast majority of Pennsylvania construction companies from bidding [...]
October 29, 2009 – 7:51 am
Pennsylvania’s York Dispatch ran an excellent Op-Ed from PA Rep. Stan Saylor (94th District in York County) and Rep. John C. Bear (97th District in Lancaster County) opposing the Rendell administration’s corrupt attempt to reward one of its largest political contributors — Big Labor — with lucrative state construction contracts via project labor agreements (PLAs) (”Discriminatory PLAs must end; [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged Department of General Services, Op-Ed, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Save the Endangered Species, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, York Dispatch
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October 26, 2009 – 4:15 pm
Jack Zimmer, president of Associated Builders and Contractors Keystone Chapter, appeared on several radio programs on Tuesday, October 27 to discuss the Save His Endangered Job campaign against wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements.
7:10am on York’s Morning News with Gary Sutton (Streaming Audio; WSBA 910 AM Harrisburg, PA)
9-10am on air debate with Frank Sirianni, president [...]
October 22, 2009 – 11:05 am
In an October 22 editorial titled, “Level the Playing Field on Contracts,” the Lancaster (PA) New Era voices its support for Representative John Bear’s H.B. 2010, which prohibits the use of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements on taxpayer-funded projects in Pennsylvania.
The editorial is so good that we’ve decided to post it in its entirety:
Level [...]
October 21, 2009 – 4:35 pm
The campaign to save Pennsylvania’s most endangered species – the nonunion construction worker – has two new billboards on display in Harrisburg.
These billboards are part of the “Save His Endangered Job” campaign to prevent wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements on public construction in Pennsylvania.
We encourage everyone to visit their website (www.theendangeredspecies.org). Additionally, visit their [...]
