Monthly Archives: December 2009

Back To The Future: The Lucas County PLA Fight

December 4, 2009 – 5:21 pm

Readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com know that we have closely followed a proposal being consider by the Lucas County, OH Board of Supervisors that would require PLAs on all county projects and those that receive county funds. As the Lucas County PLA fight heats up, it’s like deja vu all over again for Lucas County residents. Great Scott Marty! [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Lucas County Ohio Project Labor Agreement Vote Delayed Again

December 2, 2009 – 7:29 am

Yesterday, the Lucas County (Ohio) Commissioners again deferred a vote on the agenda item, “Incorporating Project Labor Agreements into Bidding Specifications for all County-Supported Projects.” (Download PDF). As TheTruthAboutPLAs.com discussed in a previous post, this sop to Big Labor, led by Commissioner Ben Konop, is an attempt to require discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on [...]

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Bay Area Black Builders Push Back on Project Labor Agreements

December 1, 2009 – 9:54 am

Joseph Debro is president of a new organization, Bay Area Black Builders, composed of black construction workers and contractors fighting together for economic justice.  Mr. Debro writes about how building trades unions in his community, through project labor agreements (PLAs), serve as a barrier between black contractors and prosperity (“Jobs Now!” 12/28). The building trades unions have [...]

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