November 6, 2009 – 10:14 am
The ABC Heart of America Chapter has filed a lawsuit to force the Missouri state government to enforce the Fairness in Public Construction Act. This 2007 act essentially prohibits state and local government entities from mandating the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded contraction. The ABC lawsuit claims that recent government-mandated PLAs utilized [...]
November 5, 2009 – 4:19 pm
In an op-ed titled, “Favoring Unions Hurts Taxpayers,” in the November 5 edition of the Tampa Bay Tribune, ABC Gulf Coast Chapter President Steve Cona, Jr. notes that President Obama’s Executive Order 13502 could keep 97 percent of Florida’s private construction workforce from building projects paid for with their own tax dollars. Executive Order 13502 [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged abc, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Florida, Manchester, New Hampshire, Op-Ed, PLAs Cut Competition, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Tampa Tribune
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November 5, 2009 – 9:24 am
Today’s Washington Examiner ran an outstanding Op-Ed questioning President Obama’s Executive Order 13502 and the White House’s support of discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) from Jerry Gorski, president of Gorski Engineering in Collegeville, Pa. and the 2009 National Chairman of Associated Builders and Contractors. President Obama and many others are using popular words like “choice” and [...]
November 5, 2009 – 6:04 am
Republican Chris Christie defeated incumbent Jon Corzine on Tuesday to become New Jersey’s next governor. According to the Washington Post, Christie, a former U.S. attorney who also made fighting corruption in state politics a theme of his campaign, finished with 48.8 percent of the vote to Corzine’s 44.6, a margin of almost 100,000 votes with [...]
November 4, 2009 – 12:47 pm
UPDATE at 3:00 p.m. EST on 11/4: Kevin’s radio appearance has been changed to Thursday, November 5 at 12:05 p.m PST. ABC California Government Affairs Director and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com contributor Kevin Dayton will be on “The Capitol Hour with Eric Hogue” radio talk show today from 12:05 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST on KTKZ 1380 AM out [...]
November 4, 2009 – 8:47 am
It’s official. The nation’s fifth largest and perhaps most famous county has said NO to discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs). Yesterday, the Orange County (CA) Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting government-mandated PLAs on county-funded construction projects. The ordinance was approved 5-0 last week, but had to be heard a second time yesterday [...]
November 3, 2009 – 8:02 am
Greg Hoberock, President of ABC member hth Companies in Union, Missouri, discussed discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) and Executive Order 13502 with Michael McSorley on KRMS News Talk 1150 “Morning Mag” on 10/28. Scroll down and click on the rebroadcast titled, “October 28th, 2009: Greg Hoberock on Project Labor Agreements” for an interesting perspective on PLAs. Mr. [...]
November 2, 2009 – 5:51 am
A TruthAboutPLAs.com reader sent us a June 2009 study conducted by property and construction consulting firm Rider Levett Bucknall prepared for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Construction and Facilities Management. The VA hired this firm to evaluate the cost impact of project labor agreements (PLAs) in various markets where the VA [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Denver, Executive Order 13502, featured, Federal Construction, Hospital Construction, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, San Francisco, Veterans Administration
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