“For the reasons listed above, the Law Department does not approve the bill for form and legal sufficiency.” That is the legal opinion of Ashley H. Brown, Baltimore’s Assistant Attorney Solicitor, on controversial legislation (Bill No. 10-0455) before the Baltimore City Council that would require the city to include government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) in all contracts for construction projects with a total [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Baltimore, ABC Metro Washington, AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, Baltimore, D.C. Council, legal opinion, local hire, local legislation, Ordinance, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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April 19, 2010 – 10:44 am
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Baltimore chapter president Mike Henderson shares his thoughts on wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on The Ron Smith Show on Baltimore’s 1090AM WBAL radio. The interview is available here. Mike addressed both the Obama Administration’s release of rules to implement Executive Order 13502, which encourages the use of [...]
April 12, 2010 – 12:22 pm
The Baltimore Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors released a new radio ad criticizing Councilman Bill Henry’s proposed legislation to require community partnership agreements, wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements or PLAs by another name, on all city supported projects costing over $5 million. The ad is right on point. This bill won’t create jobs [...]
Andy Greene, a Baltimore Sun columnist, opposes a measure before the Baltimore City Council that would lead to government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on all city building projects over $5 million (“City union bill: Right goals, wrong methods,” 4/2/10). …Finding ways to leverage city construction projects to put more Baltimore residents back to work is a [...]
March 22, 2010 – 11:08 am
Big Labor’s push for wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on city-funded construction in Baltimore City is kicking into high gear. We expect Baltimore City Councilman Bill Henry to introduce legislation today that would require “community partnership agreements” on construction projects that receive city financial support. This comes two weeks after a similar proposal [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged ABC Baltimore, Baltimore, Blogosphere, City Construction, local legislation, PLA Rebranding, PLAs, PLAs Discriminate, Radio Interview, Robo Calls, Washington Examiner
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March 18, 2010 – 11:40 am
Mike Henderson, president of ABC Baltimore, today appeared on the Sean & Frank program on Baltimore’s WCBM-AM (680 AM) to discuss legislation that will be introduced before the Baltimore City Council March 22 that would require “community partnership agreements” on city projects with a total cost of $5 million or more. Listen to the radio interview here. Here [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Baltimore, Baltimore, local legislation, Maryland, Mike Henderson, New Term for a PLA, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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