November 22, 2010 – 9:53 am
It is no secret that U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis supports anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects. On Nov. 9, 2010, Solis made these remarks in support of PLAs and President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 to the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Florida, Hollywood Florida, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Section 7, Westin Diplomat Hotel
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation Nov. 2009 for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. The solicitation contained a crony contracting scheme called a project labor agreement (PLA) that would funnel construction contracts to unionized contractors. It was the first time a federal agency attempted a government-mandated PLA on a federal construction project since [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Gov. Lynch, John Stephen, Manchester, New Hampshire, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements
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January 22, 2010 – 3:13 pm
A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that from 2008 to 2009, union membership in the U.S. private construction workforce fell from 15.6 percent to 14.5 percent. In 2009, just 958,000 members of the U.S. private construction workforce belonged to a labor union, compared to 1.195 million construction union [...]
December 29, 2009 – 11:41 am
Washington Examiner Beltway Confidential columnist Barbara Hollingsworth covered the controversial project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal construction project in Washington, D.C. that has been in the news (GSA Admits Jumping the Gun with PLA Gift to Unions, 12/28). The General Services Administration admitted it made a mistake when it placed a non-competitive, cost-raising, union-pleasing Project Labor Agreement [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GAO, GSA, Lafayette Building, Manchester, New Hampshire, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, Washington Examiner
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November 13, 2009 – 11:38 am
Here’s a Friday recap of the alphabet soup of media coverage of the recent news surrounding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to cancel its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The DOL’s Job Corps Center PLA was believed to be [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Associated Press, DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Manchester, New Hampshire, New York Times, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Senator Gregg, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 11, 2009 – 11:57 am
As reported earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Manchester, New Hampshire, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 10, 2009 – 5:36 am
ICYMI, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC support [...]
November 6, 2009 – 3:17 pm
We have breaking news about the controversial U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Job Corps Center that has been covered numerous times here at TheTruthAboutPLAs.com. Below is a news release from ABC National. New Release ABC Defeats Unlawful and Discriminatory New Hampshire Construction Contract Move Comes in Response to ABC Member Protest Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, GAO, Legal Challenge, Manchester, New Hampshire, News Release, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements
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October 31, 2009 – 12:07 pm
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran an excellent Q & A interview with Ken Holmes, President of ABC member company North Branch Construction of Concord, New Hampshire (“Sidelined by Unions’ Payback,” 10/31). Holmes filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office about the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Manchester, New Hampshire, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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October 8, 2009 – 12:07 am
The media continues to take interest in the government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the U.S. Department of Labor’s new $35 million Job Corps center in Manchester, New Hampshire The Concord Monitor ran a piece that features a quote from a qualified New Hampshire nonunion business, demonstrating that a PLA cuts competition (“Builder Confronts Union Law,” [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Concord Monitor, DOL, Executive Order 13502, Manchester, New Hampshire, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Washington Examiner
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