Nevada’s Anti-Free Enterprise Lawmakers Rescind Fair and Open Competition Law
On May 28, 2019, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) signed a bill (SB 231) that will hurt Nevada’s taxpayers and construction industry by reinstating controversial government-mandated project labor agreements on certain Nevada public works projects. SB 231 repealed a 2015 law (AB 159) passed by the then GOP-controlled legislature and signed by Gov. Sandoval (R). […]
Project Labor Agreements and Big Labor Fail at Local Job Creation
Big Labor bosses and government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) advocates frequently claim that PLAs are the only way to guarantee local hire on construction projects funded by tax dollars. Of course, this is another myth promoted by special interests to convince lawmakers and taxpayers that there is a public benefit to anti-competitive and costly PLA […]
Project Labor Agreements Don’t Guarantee a Local Workforce
When Big Labor claims project labor agreements (PLAs) guarantee a local workforce, challenge that assertion. Inquire and request documentation explaining the local union hall’s policy on “travelers” or “boomers” and ask elected officials in charge of construction projects to have local union halls submit their policy in writing. Typically, union collective bargaining agreements and PLAs give out-of-area travelers/boomers […]
Las Vegas Review Journal: Why Embrace This Costly Union Pipe Dream?
In an outstanding editorial, the Las Vegas Review Journal has come out against a proposed Clark County requirement that PLAs be utilized on all county construction projects over $100,000. The editorial points out that PLAs increase construction costs, limit competition and hurt small women and minority-owned businesses. The last line of this editorial sums up […]
Is Vegas going PLA?
Remember when Vegas construction unions were willing to gamble with union pension funds to secure union-only PLAs on public projects? That effort failed so now they are turning to their political friends to secure union-only contracts. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that Clark County Commissioners are reviewing a policy that would require discriminatory and costly project labor agreements […]