August 10, 2011 – 10:41 am
Michelle Malkin has a new piece exposing disgraced Obama administration green jobs czar Van Jones’ latest attempt to advocate for policies that tilt the scales for construction workers with union cards when competing for federal construction. Here are the highlights with our emphasis added: The problem, posits [Van] Jones, is that his fellow community organizer [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged BCTD, Executive Order 13502, Green For All, Green Jobs, Michelle Malkin, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Van Jones
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October 28, 2010 – 7:40 am
Tonight (Wednesday, October 27, 2010), the Palmdale Water District in northern Los Angeles County became the seventh local government in California and the first water district in California where fair and open competition for ratepayers is guaranteed and project labor agreements (PLAs) are prohibited. On a 3-2 vote, the elected board of directors adopted a resolution to [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged 20 in 2010, ABC California, BCTD, California, California Water District, IBEW, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Los Angeles, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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Christopher Neefus at CNSNews.com reports on the April 13 final rule implementing the pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 that encourages federal agencies to steer lucrative federal construction contracts to construction companies signatory to Big Labor (“Obama Gives Unions a ‘Massive Payback’ with Executive Order, Contractors Claim,” 4/30). Interviews with Rep. John Kline (R – Minn.), Brett [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged BCTD, Brett McMahon, Cartoon, CNSNews, Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, pensions, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Kline, Tom Owens
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January 20, 2010 – 9:25 am
Despite the special interest handouts to Big Labor by politicians supported by construction trades unions at the local, state and federal level, trouble’s brewing in the fragile house of Big Labor. A TruthAboutPLAs.com reader sent me this sensational letter from Terry Nelson, executive secretary treasurer of the Carpenters’ Disctrict Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity. Nelson is outraged that [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged BCTD, Carpenters, Gerald Feldhaus, Jurisdictional Dispute, Labor Unrest, Mark Ayers, PLA Basics, PLA Fact, PLA hypocrisy, PLA Myth, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, St. Louis, Strikes, Terry Nelson
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