Monthly Archives: September 2010

Federal Project Labor Agreement Removed from Army Project in Los Alamitos, California

September 30, 2010 – 10:18 am

Another costly and discriminatory government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) has been removed from a federal construction project thanks to grassroots participation from the construction community, concerned taxpayers,  ABC members and their employees. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) removed a PLA from the bid solicitation for the construction of a $25 million to $100 million Army [...]

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Think Tank Attacks Project Labor Agreement Discrimination

September 29, 2010 – 8:09 am

Jim Waters, vice president of policy and communications for the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free-market think tank, penned an interesting column about the discriminatory nature of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). Here is an excerpt from “Local PLAs bite the hand feeding the beast,” 9/24: Prejudice at the lunch counter may have disappeared, but other types of discrimination remain alive [...]

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Congressmen Fuel Cycle of PLA Corruption

September 24, 2010 – 1:01 am

Reporters and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers often question why anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) are placed on federal construction projects when: (1) they are controversial and have a track record of poor performance; (2) the majority of the construction industry is opposed to government-mandated PLAs; and (3) President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 encourages, but [...]

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Why Do Private Corporations and Developers in California Sign Project Labor Agreements? San Diego Provides a Clue

September 23, 2010 – 12:43 pm

In October 2001, the California Research Bureau released a “study” commissioned by California State Senate Pro Tem and Big Labor advocate John Burton (D-San Francisco) about Project Labor Agreements (PLAs).  As you can imagine, this report was full of logical fallacies, but fulfilled the intention of Sen. Burton to get an “authoritative” study to support PLAs [...]

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Candidates Opposed to Project Labor Agreements Win Key Endorsements in Riverside County, California

September 22, 2010 – 11:28 pm

The Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper published an editorial (“3 for RCC,” 9/21/10) endorsing three candidates (two incumbents and a candidate running for an open seat) for the board of trustees of the Riverside Community College District, which serves residents of Riverside County, California.  The editorial explicitly connected its endorsements to the “fiscal sobriety”  of these three [...]

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89 Miles for Worker Freedom – Falk Arrives in Washington, D.C.

September 22, 2010 – 2:19 pm

An inspirational grassroots effort came to a close yesterday as John Falk completed his 89 mile journey on foot from York, Pa. to Washington, D.C.  He was greeted on Capital Hill by several supporters and Congressman Todd Platts (R-Pa.). Falk set out on this walk on Friday, Sept. 17 to deliver a petition urging Congress to repeal [...]

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Public Awareness Brings Down Ohio PLA

September 21, 2010 – 10:56 am

There is an old adage that the best weapon against wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) is sunshine.  This has once again proven true, this time in Ohio. Officials from the Ohio Schools For the Blind and For the Deaf have agreed to drop a PLA requirement that had been imposed on the upcoming [...]

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89 Miles for Worker Freedom – Update

September 20, 2010 – 2:56 pm

As we reported last week, John Falk of York, Pa. has started his walk for worker freedom.  Falk is walking from York to the U.S. Capitol to deliver a petition urging Congress to repeal President Obama’s Executive Order 13502, which encourages federal agencies to require wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction [...]

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89 Miles for Worker Freedom

September 16, 2010 – 9:27 am

A truly remarkable grassroots effort is underway in York, PA. After witnessing the impact that wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) have on his employer and the construction industry in Pennsylvania, and angered by federal and state policies promoting the use of PLAs on taxpayer-funded work, John Falk decided it was time to take [...]

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Did “YouCut” Federal Project Labor Agreements Yet?

September 13, 2010 – 7:03 am

Congress is back in session this week, which means time is running out for you to tell Congress to say NO to wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements on federal construction projects via House Republican Whip Eric Cantor’s “YouCut” program. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com is asking readers and the public to support Oklahoma Congresswoman and gubernatorial candidate Mary Fallin’s (OK-5) [...]

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