Carole Bionda | The Truth About PLAs

Are Special Interest Handouts (PLAs) Change We Can Believe In?

May 15, 2010 – 12:14 pm

The Daily Caller published a great Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, VP of ABC member Nova Group of Napa, CA, criticizing President Obama’s scheme to funnel federal construction contracts to Big Labor via project labor agreements (PLAs) and Executive Order 13502 (“Special interest handouts: Is this the change we can believe in?” 5/14/10). “The president is putting special [...]

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Op-Ed Critical of Fed Gift to Big Labor in California

February 12, 2010 – 10:27 am

The Napa Valley Register ran an Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, vice-president of ABC member Nova Group in Napa, CA, that is critical of president Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 and other special interest giveaways to Big Labor that will kill jobs and increase wasteful federal spending (“Stopping the blows to construction industry,” 2/12/10). Of [...]

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