Abercrombie

Updated: ABC Hawaii Chapter Blasts Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s PLA Directive

0 May 29, 2012  School Construction, State & Local Construction

Update: This afternoon, TheTruthAboutPLAs.com received a copy of Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s Administrative Directive 12-05, which encourages state agencies to require the use of a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement on projects costing more than $25 million and specifies the criteria for doing so. The directive looks very similar to President Barack Obama’s 2009 Executive […]

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Putting Bread on the Table for Big Labor

2 July 19, 2010  Federal Construction, State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

There was a small blurb from the Honolulu Star Advertiser’s (Gubernatorial Rivals Court Carpenters Union, 7/18) coverage of the Democrat gubernatorial candidates’ audition for the Hawaii Carpenters Union endorsement that is worth covering.  Current Hawaii Representative and gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie (HI-1) gave a quote that is telling about the true nature of wasteful and discriminatory project […]

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