December 7, 2011 – 3:24 pm
Regardless of political philosophy, one fundamental economic principle is rarely wrong: Reduced competition increases costs. It is a fairly intuitive premise. Unfortunately, some government officials fail to grasp this basic economic concept. They often unwittingly—or even worse, knowingly—implement policies that unfairly cater to special interests or address legitimate and erroneous public policy concerns at the [...]
December 1, 2011 – 11:04 am
Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter issued Executive Order 15-11 on Nov. 29, 2011, re-establishing the use of anti-competitive and costly union-favoring government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on city projects costing more than $5 million. According to Philly’s press release, the order does not mandate PLAs on all projects, but it creates a PLA evaluation procedure that opens the door [...]
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Tagged Executive Order, local legislation, Mayor Nutter, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia Inquirer, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Discriminate, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 9, 2011 – 9:46 pm
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), which manages construction of U.S. Navy shore facilities, recently issued surveys for four federal construction projects, exceeding $25 million in total costs, in Maryland and Virginia. ABC members and construction professionals are encouraged to respond to the PLA surveys. Tell NAVFAC’s Washington District that government-mandated PLAs injure competition, increase costs, [...]
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Tagged ABC Metro Washington, ABC Virginia, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Maryland, NAVFAC, Navy, PLA survey, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Quantico, Take Action, US Army Corps of Engineers, VA, Virginia
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November 3, 2011 – 11:19 am
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently issued surveys requesting feedback from the construction industry about the potential use of project labor agreements (PLAs) for three federal construction projects exceeding $25 million in total costs at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Ft. Campbell, Ky., and Colorado Springs, Colo. ABC members and construction professionals are encouraged [...]
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Tagged Alabama, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Fort Campbell, Fort Carson, Kentucky, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Redstone Arsenal, U.S. Air Force Academy, US Army Corps of Engineers
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October 26, 2011 – 6:08 am
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently issued surveys requesting feedback from the construction industry about the potential use of project labor agreements (PLAs) for four federal construction projects exceeding $25 million in total costs at Ft Campbell, Ky. ABC members and construction professionals are encouraged to respond to the PLA surveys. Tell [...]
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Fort Campbell, Indiana, Indianapolis, Kentucky, PLA survey, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Take Action, US Army Corps of Engineers
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October 6, 2011 – 10:24 pm
In July, the TruthAboutPLAs.com wrote about correspondence and public statements from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) officials indicating they do not fully understand the potential negative economic impact of its April 6 resolution mandating a union-favoring project labor agreement (PLA) contractors are required to agree to in order to win construction contracts on the $3.5 billion Phase 2 [...]
October 5, 2011 – 10:48 am
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has been reporting for weeks about the perils of SB 922 and other California legislation catering to Big Labor’s special interests by promoting anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). After sailing through the California legislature via a deceptive gut and amend legislative vehicle originally about tuberculosis screening, Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed SB 922 [...]
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Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Editorial, Fox News, Fresno, Gov. Brown, local legislation, Oceanside, Orange County, Palmdale Water District, PLA Video, Placer County, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Proposition A, Sacramento, San Diego, San Diego County, SB 922, Stanislaus County, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs, Wall Street Journal
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August 24, 2011 – 2:51 pm
The debate surrounding government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) is often framed by the media and elected officials as a dispute pitting union signatory contractors and their union employees against nonunion contractors and their nonunion employees. However, a recent lawsuit attacking government-mandated PLAs on $6 billion worth of taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects through 2014 in New York [...]
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Tagged ABC Empire State, AGC, Bayonne, Building Industry Electrical Contractors Association (BIECA), Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements Harm Union Contractors and Tradespeople, Hill International, International Steelworkers Union, Keystone Research Center, Legal Challenge, New Jersey, New York, New York Building and Construction Trades Council, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Union Contractors Opposed to PLAs, United Electrical Contractors Association (UECA)
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August 19, 2011 – 9:22 am
The Sacramento News & Review, a long-established independent alternative weekly newspaper, has just published a well-written article explaining perspectives on project labor agreements (PLAs) and the proposed Fair and Open Competition ballot measures for the City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento. It includes comments from two local elected officials, a local contractor, and Kevin [...]
Construction unions market project labor agreements (PLAs) to public and private construction owners as a tool to guarantee labor peace on construction projects. But recent examples of strikes on PLA projects in NYC and other areas across the U.S. call into question the value of these anti-competitive schemes designed steer contracts to union contractors and union members. MYTH: [...]
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Tagged Boston Herald, Cement and Concrete Workers of New York, Crain's New York Business, featured, Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition), Indiana, Ironworkers, Joseph Hunt, Labor Unrest, Laborers International Union of North America, Laborers Union, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineer, Los Angeles, Maury Baskin, New York, New York Building and Construction Trades Council, PLA Basics, PLA Myth, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, Regional Plan Association, Strikes, Wall Street Journal
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