There is renewed interest in the delayed construction of over $800 million worth of prison construction in Pennsylvania.
As regular readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com remember, Gov. Ed Rendell (D) promised the Pennsylvania construction unions in 2008 that the Department of General Services (DGS) would require contractors to sign wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) in order [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Benner Township, Department of General Services, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, PLAs Kill Jobs, Prisons, Rendell, Rockview, Save the Endangered Species, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs
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February 27, 2010 – 9:57 am
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com covered the controversial proposed project labor agreement (PLA) on the Lake Champlain Bridge project spanning from Crown Point, N.Y. to Chimney Point, N.H. (”A Bridge to Government Waste and Discrimation,” 2/16). Here is an update for readers following this story.
On Feb. 12 the Vermont Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing on the Lake Champlain Bridge PLA [...]
By BenBrubeck
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Tagged ABC Empire State, ABC Vermont, AGC, AGC Vermont, AJ Castelbuono, Champlain Bridge, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal-Assistance PLA, FHWA, New York, NYSDOT, pensions, Press Release, State Legislation, Vermont
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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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February 19, 2010 – 12:05 pm
It looks like Big Labor’s grip on the federal government isn’t enough to satisfy the construction union bosses. They also want to control all locally funded construction in D.C. as well.
Clearly on behalf of Big Labor, District Council member Michael Brown recently introduced legislation that would require wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on [...]
February 18, 2010 – 6:30 am
The California State Senate’s Local Government Committee issued a 212-page report about design-build contracting on February 16 that includes comments from Associated Builders and Contractors of California criticizing language in design-build authorization laws that encourages project labor agreements (PLAs). Local governments as well as Governor Schwarzenegger are fans of the alternative construction delivery method of [...]
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 [...]
January 14, 2010 – 10:26 am
Merit shop contractors in California continue to go on the offense whenever possible with state and local policy initiatives that prohibit project labor agreements and guarantee or restore fair and open bid competition. We were pleased on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 to see a committee of the California Assembly consider thoughtful state legislation that repeals [...]
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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