Monthly Archives: May 2009

Lansing City Market PLA Reduces Bidders, Increases Costs and Harms Local Workers

May 4, 2009 – 12:44 pm

A 4/24 article in the Lansing State Journal reports budget busting bids and a lack of bidders on the estimated $1.6 million Lansing City Market project that will be built using a union-only PLA thanks to a requirement by Lansing City Officials. The Lansing City Market project will be re-bid and opened to a broader base of contractors after [...]

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CT DOT Official: Project Labor Agreements Limit Pool of Prospective Bidders

May 4, 2009 – 10:40 am

According to this 5/3 New Haven Register article, Connecticut International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478 President Benedict Cozzi is upset that local union workers do not have a monopoly on the labor needed to build foundations for the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, also known as the Q Bridge, in New Haven, CT. Merit shop contractors and subcontractors are building the [...]

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Switzerland of Ohio School District to Exclude Local Merit Shop Contractors and Workers with Project Labor Agreement

May 4, 2009 – 8:51 am

On Tuesday, the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District, the largest school district in terms of land mass in Ohio, will ask voters to approve a bond to cover costs of building six new school buildings and renovating one over the next three years and a 0.5-mill tax levy to help maintain those structures. According to a [...]

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NYC Developers Say PLAs Save Less Than Claimed

May 2, 2009 – 8:00 am

According to this 4/30/09  NY Times article by Charles V. Bagli, New York City’s real estate developers, contractors and construction unions have been trying to negotiate wage concessions and other cost saving measures that labor and political spindoctors are touting as a solution to revive New York’s stalled construction and real estate market. The writers here at TheTruthAboutPLAs.com affectionately refer to [...]

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Virginia Building Trades Pressure Dominion Virginia Power for Project Labor Agreement

May 1, 2009 – 10:01 am

A TruthAboutPLAs.com blog reader forwarded the below story about Virginia State Building & Construction Trades Council members engaged in a corporate campaign against Dominion Virginia Power. Those experienced with PLAs know that the goal of these campaigns is to create a public relations headache for private construction owners such as corporations like VA Dominion Power so [...]

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