Monthly Archives: April 2010

Construction Trades Seize Greenmail Advantage

April 30, 2010 – 1:19 pm

In an April 27 commentary titled, “Construction Trades Seize Greenmail Advantage with Vengeance,” published by The Daily Transcript in San Diego, former ABC San Diego chapter president George Hawkins reminds the public about one of Big Labor’s favorite tools for securing project labor agreements (PLAs) in California: greenmail. Here are the highlights: “Greenmail,” the idea of threatening to [...]

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ABC Member Discusses Failing Union Pension Plans on Fox Business Network

April 29, 2010 – 11:59 pm

TruthAboutPLAs.com readers familiar with provisions in wasteful and anti-competitive project labor agreements (PLAs) that force employers to contribute to failing union multi-employer pension plans on behalf of their employees have likely reviewed Required Reading on Multi-Employer Pension Plan Crisis. April 29, Fox Business Network’s Americas Nightly Scoreboard program invited the Small Business All-Stars to discuss Wall Street [...]

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Small Business Owner Addresses PLAs and Over Regulation on FOX Business

April 29, 2010 – 11:27 pm

Small business owner Gus Perea of Collegeville, PA discusses the impact burdensome regulations and red tape have on small businesses across this country on the April 23 edition of America’s Nightly Scoreboard on FOX Business. As the catalyst for economic recovery and job creation in this country, these over regulation is something Gus and others [...]

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President Obama Gets Chummy with Big Labor Again

April 29, 2010 – 11:03 am

We blogged about how Vice President Joe Biden Bent Over Backwards for Big Labor last week in Washington, D.C. at a Building Construction Trades Department legislative conference. At a 4/27 town hall meeting in Iowa, the White House blew another kiss at Big Labor when President Obama reminded the public of his administration’s persistent support of Big Labor, [...]

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Project Labor Agreement on the GSA’s St. Elizabeth’s Site Possible

April 29, 2010 – 9:58 am

A Washington Post article about the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) multi-billion dollar St. Elizabeth’s federal project in Washington, D.C. piqued the curiosity of a TruthAboutPLAs.com reader (“In St. Elizabeths project, opportunities for many,” 4/26). First, here is some information on the St. Elizabeth’s project: Backhoes scoop thousands of cubic yards of dark brown dirt [...]

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Biden Bends Over Backwards for Big Labor

April 27, 2010 – 4:27 pm

If the April 13 final rule implementing President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009 pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 didn’t make it clear that the Obama administration has a cozy relationship with Big Labor and is doing everything possible to cater to its key special interest by promoting PLAs, here’s what Vice President Joe Biden had to say [...]

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Indentured Servitude in the USA and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme Ever

April 26, 2010 – 10:57 am

BigGovernment.com contributor and former Missouri state senator John Loudon offered his thoughts on the Obama Administration’s effort to encourage the use of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on large-scale federal construction in a April 25 post titled, “Indentured Servitude in the USA and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme Ever.” Specifically, Mr. Loudon discussed how [...]

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Happy Anniversary TheTruthAboutPLAs.com

April 23, 2010 – 7:01 am

TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has published 325 blog posts about anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) since our inaugural post on April 23, 2009. To celebrate our anniversary, we’ve launched a TruthAboutPLAs.com Facebook page where we can interact with the public and facilitate additional discussion and communication about PLAs and other related matters in the construction industry. Our Facebook page [...]

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Why the Final Rule Implementing President Obama’s Project Labor Agreement Executive Order Should Be Challenged

April 21, 2010 – 12:01 pm

ABC General Counsel Maurice Baskin, Esq., Venable LLP, today released a thorough analysis of the final rule implementing President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009 pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502. The analysis, The Final Rule Implementing the PLA Executive Order: Why it Should Be Challenged, describes why and how the final rule is violating the law. [...]

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Matt Lewis Discusses Obama Executive Order and PLAs

April 20, 2010 – 4:30 pm

Brett McMahon, vice president of Miller & Long, a concrete construction subcontractor, based in Bethesda, Md., and a member of the Associated Builders and Contractors joins the Matt Lewis podcast to discuss Executive Order 13502 and project labor agreements (PLAs) in general. This wide-ranging discussion breaks down how PLAs are a huge win for Big [...]

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