Here at www.thetruthaboutplas.com, we want to recognize defender of free enterprise and PLA fighter Harry Alford, President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alford has received national attention over his recent testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, in which he called Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to task for racially insensitive remarks. Once video of the exchange hit the [...]
There is great confusion in the construction community about the legality of PLAs in right to work states. The media, public, elected officials and construction professionals would benefit from understanding the small but significant difference between PLAs in right to work states and PLAs in non-right to work states. PLAs can occur in right to [...]
This post addresses the question of whether President Obama’s Executive Order No 13502 (Feb. 6, 2009) requires state or local governments to impose union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects built with federal assistance. As further explained below, the Executive Order is quite clear on this point: Nothing in the Executive Order requires any [...]
While much of this week’s attention focued on Obama administration attempts to encourage federal department and agency heads to utilize wasteful and discriminatory union-only project labor agreements, there have been PLA developments at the state and local levels that warrent attention as well. In Trumbull, CT subcontractors for the Trumbull High School renovation/reconstruction project have been selected. The local construction unions’ are [...]
By Andy Conlin
|
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged California, Connecticut, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, Greenmail, Hospital Construction, Legal Challenge, OMB Memo, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, San Diego, SavePropS.com, School Construction, SDUSD
|
If you are reading this entry you are likely a new reader, visting TheTruthAboutPLAs.com because you have heard about the federal government’s latest effort to increase the cost of federal construction projects between 14 percent and 20 percent and create artificial barriers to new jobs for over 84 percent of the U.S. private construction workforce – construction workers that have exercised their right not to belong [...]
The following (and attached) press release was issued today by Assocated Builders and Contractors in response to the July 10 policy memorandum by OMB and the proposed rule to implement President Obama’s Executive Order 13502: Legal Questions Surround President Obama’s Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today [...]
In a July 13 BNA article covering the Obama administration’s July 10 memo encouraging PLAs on federal construction and proposed rule to implement Executive Order 13502, contractor groups voiced united opposition to the administration’s attempt to exclude 84 percent of the U.S. private construction workforce from competing for federal projects. Here are the highlights: From [...]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) July 10 issued a policy memorandum to all federal department and agency heads encouraging the use of discriminatory and costly government mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on all federal construction projects. This memorandum comes in advance of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council’s (FAR) proposed rule on President Obama’s [...]
Here is an interesting update (and documentation of government corruption and cronyism) on the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Benner Township (commonly called the Rockview prison project), which is one of a series of approximately $830 million in jail construction projects the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) is putting out to bid that may [...]
By Ben Brubeck
|
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged Benner Township, Centre County, Department of General Services, Keystone Research Center, Pennsylvania, PLAs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Rockview, Union Propaganda Machine
|
In a July 6 editorial, the San Diego Union-Tribune continues to hammer the San Diego Unified School District’s decision to utilize a wasteful and discriminatory union-only project labor agreements on school construction paid for by the $2.1 billion Proposition S. Here is an excerpt: Approving a PLA would be a betrayal of San Diego Unified’s [...]
