Comments on: What is Section 7 of Executive Order 13502 on Federal Project Labor Agreements? http://thetruthaboutplas.com/2009/12/15/what-is-section-7-of-executive-order-13502-on-federal-project-labor-agreements/ Educating the public, elected officials, taxpayers and the construction industry about wasteful and inefficient project labor agreements (PLAs). Fri, 18 May 2012 16:20:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fiscal Insanity http://thetruthaboutplas.com/2009/12/15/what-is-section-7-of-executive-order-13502-on-federal-project-labor-agreements/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Fiscal Insanity Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:38:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutplas.com/?p=1886#comment-460 Expensive and special interest strings attached to federal money is not uncommon. Just look at federal prevailing wage laws. The expansion of Obama's giveaway to Big Labor via PLAs/Section 7 will harm state budgets and lead to more unemployment for a state's construction industry workforce - the national construction industry unemployment rate is close to 20 percent). These are folks that are already on unemployment and are relying on public support. Hopefully states will restore some sanity to their fiscal problems by rejecting PLAs and/or federal money. Expensive and special interest strings attached to federal money is not uncommon. Just look at federal prevailing wage laws.

The expansion of Obama’s giveaway to Big Labor via PLAs/Section 7 will harm state budgets and lead to more unemployment for a state’s construction industry workforce – the national construction industry unemployment rate is close to 20 percent). These are folks that are already on unemployment and are relying on public support.

Hopefully states will restore some sanity to their fiscal problems by rejecting PLAs and/or federal money.

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