October 31, 2009 – 12:07 pm
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran an excellent Q & A interview with Ken Holmes, President of ABC member company North Branch Construction of Concord, New Hampshire (“Sidelined by Unions’ Payback,” 10/31). Holmes filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office about the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Manchester, New Hampshire, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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October 30, 2009 – 9:12 am
Some call it blackmail, but contractors and public utility commissions in California familiar with Big Labor’s underhanded tactic that forces developers to utilitze discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) call it greenmail. It is why the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) staff and commission chairman (Lodi Mayor Larry Hansen) are desperate to have a PLA and [...]
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 Ben Brubeck
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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 28, 2009 – 8:46 am
Yesterday, the Orange County (CA) Board of Supervisors held a hearing and 5-0 approved an ordinance prohibiting government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on county-funded construction projects. The ordinance would prohibit the requirement of PLAs unless mandated by California and/or federal law and contractors are free to voluntarily enter into PLAs. Accoding to the Los Angeles Times, ordinance sponsor [...]
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 [...]
October 26, 2009 – 8:16 am
Why is the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) staff and commission chairman (Lodi Mayor Larry Hansen) so desperate to have a project labor agreement and 30-year maintenance labor agreement for the construction and maintenance of the Lodi Energy Center power plant? Why are they so eager to make a $150,000 payoff to an affiliate of [...]
October 24, 2009 – 8:47 am
A new study supports a key argument frequently made by nonunion employers and employees against government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs): PLAs deny health and retirement benefits earned by nonunion employees working on PLA construction projects. An October 2009 report by Dr. John R. McGowan, “The Discriminatory Impact of Union Fringe Benefit Requirements on Nonunion Workers [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, McGowan, pensions, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements
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October 23, 2009 – 10:06 am
A popular political web site in California has posted a story by www.thetruthaboutPLAs.com contributor Kevin Dayton about a bizarre vote in northern California on October 22 to reject a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) proposed to prevent California Unions for Reliable Energy (CURE) from blocking the approval of a power plant at the California Energy Commission. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
