December 29, 2011 – 4:56 am
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a pre-solicitation on Dec. 22, 2011, for a $20 million to $50 million DOL Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, subject to an anti-competitive and costly project labor agreement (PLA) mandated by the DOL. Bidding is open only to certified small business contractors willing to agree to [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GAO, H.R. 735, Legal Challenge, local, local hire, Manchester, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Union Leader, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Bass, Rep. Guinta, S. 119, Sen. Ayotte, Take Action, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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Opposition continues to mount against the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority’s (MWAA) April 6 resolution mandating a union-favoring project labor agreement (PLA) that contractors are required to agree to in order to win construction contracts on the $3.5 billion Phase 2 Dulles Metro Rail Silver Line project in Northern Virginia. (See previous blog posts from TheTruthAboutPLAs.com [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Virginia, Barbara Comstock, Dennis Martire, Editorial, Fairfax County, Fairfax Times, GAO, Herndon Mayor Steve DeBenedittis, Jack Potter, Jim Lemunyon, Ken Cuccinelli, LIUNA, Loudoun County, Metro Washington Airport Authority, MWAA, Open Competition, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Ray LaHood, Silver Line, The Politics of PLAs, Thomas Greason, Tim Hugo, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Washington Times, WMAL 630, Women and Construction Owners and Executives
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January 13, 2011 – 9:23 am
An editorial in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review praised the removal of government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the construction of a $50 million U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Research Office Building in Pittsburgh and heavily criticized politicians and special interests participating in these anti-competitive and costly schemes (“The VA & PLAs: A welcome reversal,” 1/13/11): Dropping inclusion of [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged BNA Construction Labor Report, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, Federal Contracting, GAO, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Veterans Administration
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January 6, 2011 – 10:32 am
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com is pleased to share a news release about ABC’s latest win against anti-competitive and costly federal government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). ABC, ABC members and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com continue to lead the fight against special interest PLA schemes on behalf of the construction industry, concerned taxpayers and supporters of the principles of fair and open competition [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Western Pennsylvania, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GAO, Lafayette Building, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Veterans Administration, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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August 26, 2010 – 8:54 am
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and its members have stopped another government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a proposed federal construction project. This is yet another blow to the Obama administration’s effort to implement Executive Order 13502, which encourages the use of PLAs on federal construction costing more than $25 million. In this most recent [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GAO, New Jersey, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, US Army Corps of Engineers
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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 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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