November 29, 2010 – 11:06 am
Another community has said no to Big Labor handouts and higher costs for taxpayer funded construction. The City Council of Lewisville, Texas voted 5-0 to prohibit the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on city funded work. Text for the ordinance is based on the Chula Vista, California ballot initiative to prohibit government-mandated PLAs, which was approved by [...]
November 22, 2010 – 2:59 pm
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently published two surveys requesting information about the potential use of controversial government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on four construction projects located in Hawaii and at Ft. Rucker and future projects located within the USACE Mobile District in Alabama. All ABC members, employees and construction community stakeholders are encouraged to [...]
November 22, 2010 – 9:53 am
It is no secret that U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis supports anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects. On Nov. 9, 2010, Solis made these remarks in support of PLAs and President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 to the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Florida, Hollywood Florida, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Section 7, Westin Diplomat Hotel
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November 19, 2010 – 9:49 am
How are California construction unions able to make $50,000 political contributions to local campaigns? In one case, a union trust fund that made such a contribution in California received funding from ratepayers of a publicly-owned utility through a mandated payoff included in a Project Labor Agreement. A year ago (November 2, 2009), the 20 commissioners [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged ABC California, California, Chula Vista, Corruption, Greenmail, Labor-Management Cooperation Trusts, Lodi Energy Center, Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Project Labor Agreements, Prop G, The Politics of PLAs
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November 16, 2010 – 11:02 am
Big Labor Bosses and their hand-picked political puppets claim that anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) are in the public’s best interest. In reality, PLAs are crony contracting schemes implemented by corrupt elected officials that funnel lucrative public works contracts to union contractors and their union employees in exchange for political support. Numerous [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Columbus Dispatch, Corruption, Editorial, Gov. Strickland, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs
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November 15, 2010 – 11:47 am
Big Labor politics in Los Angeles was on brazen display at the San Gabriel Unified School District in the City of San Gabriel (ten miles east of downtown Los Angeles) on the evening of Wednesday, November 10. In front of more than 100 irate local residents who packed the meeting room, the elected Governing Board [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged ABC California, California, local legislation, Los Angeles, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, San Gabriel, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 9, 2010 – 1:35 pm
In an outstanding letter to the editor published by the Trenton Times (“Building a Case Against PLAs,” 11/8/10), ABC New Jersey Chapter president Patrick Stewart lays out the facts about wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs). And interestingly enough, he gets some help from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Here [...]
November 5, 2010 – 10:37 am
Harry Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce president and frequent critic of discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) penned another column trashing PLAs that will run in numerous newspapers across the country this week. The piece attacks special interest schemes similar to PLAs that funnel taxpayer-funded construction jobs to union members and away from the [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Congressional Black Caucus, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Harry Alford, Helpers, Minority Contracting, National Black Chamber of Commerce, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Discriminate, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Salting
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November 3, 2010 – 11:09 am
Voters in San Diego County (the fifth most populous county in the country) approved Proposition A by a whopping 75.67 percent of the vote according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters website. Prop A- SAN DIEGO COUNTY CH. Amdmt. Fair-Open Competition YES 443,314 75.67% NO 142,534 24.33% This ballot measure amends the San Diego [...]
November 2, 2010 – 5:49 pm
San Diego County voters have the chance to end taxpayer-funded handouts to Big Labor today, as Proposition A is on the ballot for voters to consider. Proposition A would solidify a ban on government-mandated project labor agreements on county-supported projects. More information on Proposition A is available in our earlier posts. Also, check out ABC [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Proposition A, San Diego, School Construction, Scott Crosby, SDUSD
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