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Los Angeles Tangled Up in Project Labor Agreements in 2010

January 28, 2011 – 9:07 am

The web site for the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau describes Los Angeles as a “union-friendly city” and declares that “Meeting professionals who plan union meetings often end up in Los Angeles, a city built by union labor. L.A.’s world-class buildings – Walt Disney Concert Hall, STAPLES Center, L.A. LIVE and the Cathedral of [...]

By Kevin Dayton | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC California, California, City of Long Beach, City of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles Unified School District, Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Los Angeles County: Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority, Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Water District, Pasadena Unified School District, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Project Labor Agreements, San Gabriel, San Gabriel Unified School District, The Politics of PLAs, Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District | Comments (1)

FlashReport Takes Big Labor’s PLA Arguments to the Woodshed

January 13, 2010 – 12:33 pm

Joe Fleischman of the FlashReport Weblog on California Politics obliterates project labor agreement (PLA) proponents’ frail arguments in light of a recent report that Milpitas City Library contractors violated labor laws despite the fact that this project was covered by a PLA (“More Fodder For Opponents Of Project Labor Agreements Courtesy Of Milpitas,” 1/12). Mr. Fleishman on [...]

By Ben Brubeck | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC California, ABC-CCC, California, Long Beach, Milpitas, Milpitas Library, PLA Failures, PLA hypocrisy, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements | Comments (1)