Save The Endangered Species!
The fight to save Pennsylvania’s most endangered species is on! Big Labor is trying to drive Pennsylvania’s nonunion construction workforce into extinction. But the merit shop construction industry and 80 percent of Pennsylvania’s private construction workforce locked out of public construction work by discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) are fighting back! The “Save the […]
Project Labor Agreement Wrong For Aurora
In a letter to the editor published in the Aurora Sentinel on October 11, Bob Roth of Aurora, CO outlines the negative impact of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs). Letter: Project Labor Agreement Wrong for Aurora By BOB ROTH A disturbing thing is happening right under our noses, and I am willing to […]
“For us it’s a Preference Labor Agreement”
An October 19 article in the New Haven Independent titled, “Protesters: Hire More Black Workers,” notes recent protests in the New Haven, CT area over the discriminatory nature of project labor agreements (PLAs). Here’s an excerpt: [Alan] Felder said that the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) signed by all unions working on city school construction allows […]
Dutchess County Lawmakers Fail to Override Veto on PLA Requirement
The Dutchess County, NY Legislature failed to override County Executive William Steinhaus’ veto of a bill requiring PLAs on all county projects costing in excess of $3.5 million. Here’s an excerpt from the Poughkeepsie Journal’s coverage: Legislators voted 15-10 Tuesday night, failing to get at least 17 votes required to override the veto. Proponents of […]
Sacramento’s KTKZ AM 1380 with Kevin Dayton
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com contributor Kevin Dayton was on “Capitol Hour with Eric Hogue,” a radio talk show on KTKZ AM 1380 out of Sacramento, to discuss project labor agreements (PLAs) and the University of California Miguel Contreras Labor Program. The segment was outstanding and hit on both the problems with PLAs and also the pro-PLA propaganda coming […]
Public Comments on FAR Councils’ Proposed Project Labor Agreement Regs Available
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council’s public comment period on proposed regulations implementing Executive Order 13502 that would expand the use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects closed 9/23. Interested parties can now view some of the public comments here. Additional comments will be uploaded by the government in the coming weeks. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com will post […]
New Hampshire Public Radio on Project Labor Agreement Controversy
New Hampshire Public Radio produced a fair and balanced report on the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire (“Concord Company Complains About Project Labor Agreements,” 10/14). Listen here.
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Challenges Proposition S PSA Requirement
The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is getting more resistance to their effort to discriminate against the vast majority of California’s private construction workforce that decided not to join a labor union. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed a claim against the SDUSD arguing that the project stabilization agreement (PSA […]
Project Labor Agreements and Employee Free Choice Act: Union Payoffs
The cover story of World Magazine investigates how unions are looking for payback “after doling out $450 million in 2008 to elect Democrats in Washington” (“Bargaining Hunting,” 10/24 edition). Emily Belz uses the controversy surrounding the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in […]
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Editorial: The Project Labor Agreement Shakedown
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran a scathing editorial about project labor agreements (PLAs) in light of the controversy surrounding Executive Order 13502 and the government-mandated PLA on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire (“The PLA Shakedown,” 10/11). PLAs pervertedly are touted as giving taxpayers more bang for their buck. […]