Federal Legislation | The Truth About PLAs

House to Vote on Critical Amendment Promoting Project Labor Agreements Today. Oppose LaTourette Amendment Striking Section 415 of H.R. 2055.

June 13, 2011 – 7:51 am

Today the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Military Construction (MilCon) and Veterans Affairs (VA) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2012 (H.R. 2055). Section 415 of H.R. 2055 ensures fair and open competition on federal construction contracts funded by this legislation. Specifically, it will prevent federal agencies from requiring contractors to sign [...]

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Support Scalise Amdt. to H.R. 2017 to Stop Mandated PLAs

June 2, 2011 – 12:20 pm

Today the U.S. House of Representatives is considering the Homeland Security Appropriations Act for 2012 (H.R. 2017). Representative Steve Scalise (R-La.) is offering an amendment (#67) to the bill that would restore fair and open competition on federal construction projects funded by this appropriations bill by prohibiting funds from implementing or enforcing President Obama’s pro-project [...]

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Coalition Supports Legislation Creating Fair And Open Competition For Federal Construction Contracts

May 3, 2011 – 1:44 pm

Jan. 25, Sen. David Vitter (R.-La.) introduced the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act (S. 119) (pdf), a measure that will protect taxpayers and ensure fair and open competition on government construction contracts by prohibiting the government from mandating anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally assisted construction projects. Today, the following groups [...]

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Congressman Frank Guinta Submits Continuing Resolution Amendment Promoting Fair and Open Competition for the Procurement of Federal Construction Contracts

February 16, 2011 – 11:06 am

According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, yesterday U.S. Representative Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) filed an amendment pertaining to government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on the Continuing Resolution legislation currently being debated on the House floor that would fund the federal government from March 4 through Sept. 30, the end of the current federal fiscal year (“Guinta: [...]

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Telling the Truth About PLAs on The Daily Caller: Big Labor’s $3.3 Million Tip

December 10, 2010 – 10:51 am

Word is getting out about the Obama administration’s $3.3 million gift to Big Labor. It appears Christmas came early for Washington, D.C. union bosses, when the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) paid a federal contractor at least $3.3 million to execute a change order adding a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) to a [...]

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Don’t Forget to YouCut!

August 24, 2010 – 3:19 pm

You still have the chance to tell Congress to say NO to wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on the House Republican Whip Eric Cantor’s “YouCut.” Oklahoma Congresswoman and gubernatorial candidate Mary Fallin’s (OK-5) YouCut proposal to prohibit the federal government from requiring anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects [...]

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Op-Ed: State’s Union-Friendly Deals Unfair, Too Costly

June 22, 2010 – 9:20 pm

In an op-ed published in the June 19 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette titled, “State’s Union-Friendly Deals Unfair, too Costly,” Stephen R. Campbell and Vicki Craft Kearns present a well-written overview of the project labor agreement (PLA) issue in Pennsylvania and nationwide. The op-ed also does an excellent job laying out how Big Labor’s support [...]

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Take Action Against Government Mandated Project Labor Agreements in Federal Construction

June 1, 2009 – 8:45 am

Take action to ensure fairness and eliminate government waste in federal construction contracting. Call or write your senators and representative to co-sponsor the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act (S. 90/H.R. 983), introduced Jan. 6 by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and Feb. 11 by Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.). Click here to access ABC’s Grassroots Action Center. The Government [...]

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