December 24, 2010 – 10:51 am
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the White House, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Executive Order 13502 framed above the mantel with perfection, Evidence of Big Labor’s influence in the 2008 Presidential election. FAR Council members were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of Final Rule fairies danced in their [...]
December 23, 2010 – 9:56 am
ObamaClause and his GSA elves are busy giving gifts to Big Labor this holiday season. Executive Order 13502: Obama’s Gift to Big Labor. Image by Elaine Natario courtesy of The Boston Globe, “Obama kowtows to labor unions,” 10/07/09. A Washington Examiner editorial is critical of White House gifts to Big Labor called project labor [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Editorial, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Lafayette Building, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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December 22, 2010 – 3:17 pm
ICYMI, check out political pundit Michelle Malkin’s blog. It links to a piece on www.TheTruthAboutPLAs.com and warns the public about more special interest gifts to Big Labor via anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) (“Watch Out: More Obama union pay-offs in the works,” 12/20): On Friday, President Obama mollified Big Labor bosses at the White [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Blogosphere, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Lafayette Building, Michelle Malkin, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Washington DC
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December 18, 2010 – 9:55 am
After recent media reports exposed how the Obama Administration and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have conspired to steer lucrative federal construction contracts to businesses willing to build federal projects utilizing a union-favoring project labor agreement (PLA), members of Congress are starting to ask questions. This week, nineteen GOP members of Congress, including the incoming [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Lafayette Building, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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December 13, 2010 – 3:27 pm
The Fort Worth District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for large scale construction contracts exceeding $25 million in total cost, within the Fort Worth, Texas District. All ABC members, employees and construction industry stakeholders are encouraged to respond [...]
December 10, 2010 – 10:51 am
Word is getting out about the Obama administration’s $3.3 million gift to Big Labor. It appears Christmas came early for Washington, D.C. union bosses, when the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) paid a federal contractor at least $3.3 million to execute a change order adding a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) to a [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Federal Legislation, Harry Alford, Labor studies, Lafayette Building, National Black Chamber of Commerce, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Veterans Administration
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December 10, 2010 – 6:24 am
Bret Jacobson, a blogger on BigGovernment.com, reminds readers (Our Dire Straits: Money For Nothin’, 12/9/10) of a story reported earlier this week about taxpayer waste on the renovation of the Lafayette Federal Building in downtown Washington D.C. As regular readers remember, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) paid a federal contractor at least $3.3 million as [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, Big Labor, BigGovernment.com, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Harry Alford, Lafayette Building, National Black Chamber of Commerce, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Veterans Administration, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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December 9, 2010 – 9:15 pm
Big Labor’s effort to impose a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) mandate in Lorain, OH hit a roadblock this week when the City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee refused to send the proposal to the full council on Monday, Dec. 6. This was a big win for local taxpayers, but it might only [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Editorial, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, local legislation, Lorain, Lorain Morning Journal, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, Ordinance, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, School Construction
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December 7, 2010 – 5:38 pm
In an outstanding editorial published today (“Editorial: Fair Bids,” 12/7/10), the Detroit News calls on Michigan’s leaders to eliminate government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on state, local and university projects in the state. Here are the highlights: The contractors association says that some state universities, community colleges and local units of government are requiring their [...]
December 6, 2010 – 6:38 am
How much does a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) add to a $52.3 million construction project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) in Washington, D.C.? At least $3.3 million. That’s the cost of a change order the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) paid to a federal contractor to ensure renovations to the [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Big Labor, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Harry Alford, Lafayette Building, National Black Chamber of Commerce, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, State Executive Order, The Politics of PLAs, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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