Comments from a St. Louis area union boss in an article in the Illinois Business Journal supports the premise that anti-competitive project labor agreements (PLAs) saddle construction owners and contractors with poor productivity and archaic union work rules that needlessly inflate the cost of construction (“Lack of productivity puts St. Louis in backseat for economic development“). Note: [...]
News of the Prop G and Prop K ballot measure victories banning discriminatory and costly project labor agreements(PLAs) on public works projects in the San Diego area of Chula Vista and Oceanside travels fast. It turns out Nebraskans aren’t big on PLAs either! Check out this article in the Journal Star (“Clare wants Lincoln to [...]
On May 12, 2010 TheTruthAboutPLAs.com reported about language encouraging government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally assisted construction projects in section 4103(g) of the discussion draft of Kerry/Lieberman American Power Act (APA), commonly known as the Senate version of Cap and Trade legislation. Yesteday, 13 construction and small business groups sent this letter to the U.S. Senate, requesting that [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ACES, American Power Act, Coalition, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements
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Voters in Chula Vista, Calif., and Oceanside, Calif., approved ballot initiatives that prohibit local entities from requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on city-funded construction projects. Chula Vista and Oceanside join the City of Fresno, Orange County and San Diego County in prohibiting PLAs on locally funded work. These two initiatives mark the first time voters [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Executive Order 13502, Gaylord Hotel, Obama, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, Prop K, TV Ad
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Voters in both the City of Oceanside and Chula Vista, California each had the opportunity to put an end to the use of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects funded by their cities yesterday. While there are no official results yet, early returns indicate that voters in both cities said NO [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, local legislation, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, Prop K
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Today, the citizens of Chula Vista and Oceanside, California will have an opportunity to vote on two measures – Proposition G in Chula Vista and Measure K in Oceanside – that will end the kind of backroom deals that leave taxpayers paying for four bridges, schools and roads for the price of five. As we [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, San Diego, The Politics of PLAs, union, Union Propaganda Machine, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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Voters in Chula Vista and Oceanside, California will go to the polls TOMORROW, June 8 and will have the option to say NO to wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs). We strongly encourage everyone living in these communities to make sure their voice is heard. PublicCEO.com covered the fight for open competition in California [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Executive Order 13502, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Mt. Diablo Unified School District, Oceanside, PLAs, President Obama, Prop G, Prop K, publicCEO, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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A San Diego Union Tribune editorial rips Big Labor’s Spanish-language ad opposing Proposition G which prohibits the use of anti-competitive project labor agreement (PLA) schemes on public works projects in Chula Vista, CA and restores fairness and accountability in public contracting (“Language of distortion / Truth is a casualty in unions’ political ad,” 6/5). Earlier this week [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Editorial, Ordinance, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Prop G, San Diego, The Politics of PLAs, TV Ad, Union Propaganda Machine, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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How can you tell when a political campaign is falling apart with the knowledge of certain defeat? In the case of the union campaign to prevent voter approval of Proposition G in the City of Chula Vista, union leaders are now so desperate to save their special interest backroom deals (called “Project Labor Agreements”) that [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Direct Mail, Ordinance, PLAs, Prop G, San Diego, TV Ad, Union Propaganda Machine, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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An article in the American Spectator explains why anti-competitive project labor agreement (PLA) schemes and President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 are a bad deal for employees and employers in the construction industry (“Employers and Workers Lose Out Under Project Labor Agreements,” 6/2). Labor bosses who have failed to secure pension obligations for their membership have successfully schemed [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged American Spectator, Brett McMahon, Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, McGowan, pensions, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs
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