A new report on government-mandated PLAs, “The Problem with PLAs in the District of Columbia,” was released today. Focusing specifically on the D.C. construction market, ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu’s report examines the existing data indicating whether government-mandated PLAs make sense in the District of Columbia. Here is a key finding from the report: “In [...]
Today’s Boston Globe column by Scot Lehigh criticizes Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s support of project labor agreements (PLAs) on future construction projects in exchange for political support from construction trade unions in the upcoming election (“Courting Trade Unions,” 3/31). Lehigh nails a key point questioning the alleged benefits of PLAs: But that PLA benefit is [...]
A TruthAboutPLAs.com reader has sent us evidence we are sharing with the public that demonstrates that the AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council is engaged in shameless pay-to-play politics with Prince George’s County officials, which is the county East of Washington. D.C. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has covered how a lobbyist for the AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council perpetuated misleading/intentionally false statements in support of District Resident [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Metro Washington, AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, Corruption, D.C. Council, Joslyn Williams, local legislation, Maryland, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Prince George's County, Project Labor Agreements, quid pro quo, Washington DC
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Vermont leaders have said no to a proposed project labor agreement (PLA), which essentially mirrors most standard PLAs, for the Champlain Bridge reconstruction project. Now will New York State listen? As regular readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com remember, the Champlain Bridge project is a $110 million joint effort between New York State and Vermont – with significant [...]
An editorial in today’s Washington Times blasts President Obama’s Big Labor Payback via the pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 and rumored Easter recess appointment of SEIU and AFL-CIO Counsel Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB is the critical federal agency that supervises and conducts union representation elections and rules on unfair [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Craig Becker, Editorial, EFCA, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, pensions, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times
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March 25, 2010 – 12:17 pm
There is an interesting piece in today’s Washington Times that examines how poorly performing union pension plans are at the heart of Big Labor’s support for health care reform and push for government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally-funded construction projects (“Unions Want Washington’s Help With Pension Funds,” 3/25/10). Nonunion workers and private companies could be forced into absorbing the [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Brett McMahon, EFCA, Executive Order 13502, FAR Case 2009-005, FAR Council Proposed Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Kevin Mooney, McGowan, Pension Withdrawal Liability, pensions, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Washington Times
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Big Labor and their allies on the Baltimore City Council have introduced their legislation to require community partnership agreements (Wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements by another name) on construction projects with over $5 million in city support. Numerous contractors and their employees marched on City Hall yesterday to protest the introduction of this bill. [...]
The Albany Times Union reported that the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is soliciting bids for the Lake Champlain Bridge project without a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) (“State’s bridge bids avoid union agreement,” 3/19). It sounds like a win for taxpayers and proponents of fair contracting. But not so fast. According to [...]
March 22, 2010 – 11:28 am
The federal government is one step closer to issuing a regulatory rules that promote project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects costing more than $25 million. It’s a controversial White House gift to Big Labor that may increase federal construction costs and will reduce competition from quality nonunion contractors and their skilled employees. Today a notice was published [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Boston Globe, Cartoon, Executive Order 13502, FAR Case 2009-005, FAR Council Proposed Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, OMB, OMB Memo, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Section 7
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