February 6, 2011 – 12:46 am
An article in today’s Los Angeles Times (“Labor Coalition’s Tactics on Renewable Energy Projects Are Criticized” February 5, 2011) exposes how a union front group called California Unions for Reliable Energy (CURE) has exploited environmental laws to block permits for solar thermal power plants until the developers sign project labor agreements. Objecting to this environmental [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged ABC California, California, Green Jobs, Greenmail, Kevin Dayton, LA Times, Los Angeles, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, State Legislation, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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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
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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
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January 19, 2011 – 8:45 am
The January 17 Los Angeles Business Journal includes an opinion piece (Laboring Under ‘Greenmail’) by thetruthaboutPLAs.com blogger Kevin Dayton of Associated Builders and Contractors of California explaining that Los Angeles-based construction unions are exploiting the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other environmental laws to hold up permits until the private developers of proposed projects [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged ABC California, California, California Environmental Quality Act, Greenmail, Kevin Dayton, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Business Journal, Op-Ed, Orange County, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 15, 2010 – 11:47 am
Big Labor politics in Los Angeles was on brazen display at the San Gabriel Unified School District in the City of San Gabriel (ten miles east of downtown Los Angeles) on the evening of Wednesday, November 10. In front of more than 100 irate local residents who packed the meeting room, the elected Governing Board [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged ABC California, California, local legislation, Los Angeles, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, San Gabriel, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 2, 2010 – 12:56 pm
In defense of President Obama’s controversial pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502, Jared Bernstein, chief economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and Director of the Middle Class Taskforce, made this misleading claim about PLAs in a White House blog post on 4/12/10 (read more on Bernstein here): PLAs also help ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing workplace [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC California, ABC-CCC, California, Do Project Labor Agreements Ensure Compliance with Labor Laws?, Evidence That Project Labor Agreements Don't Guarantee a Safer Workplace, Executive Order 13502, featured, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Jared Bernstein, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Business Journal, PLA Basics, PLA Myth, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, White House Middle Class Task Force
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October 28, 2010 – 7:40 am
Tonight (Wednesday, October 27, 2010), the Palmdale Water District in northern Los Angeles County became the seventh local government in California and the first water district in California where fair and open competition for ratepayers is guaranteed and project labor agreements (PLAs) are prohibited. On a 3-2 vote, the elected board of directors adopted a resolution to [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged 20 in 2010, ABC California, BCTD, California, California Water District, IBEW, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Los Angeles, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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October 27, 2010 – 7:17 am
The October 26, 2010 San Diego Union-Tribune reports on the issues concerning Proposition A, a measure on the November 2, 2010 ballot that would amend the charter (constitution) of San Diego County to prohibit the county from entering into contracts that require its construction contractors to sign project labor agreements (PLAs) with construction unions. The article [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Editorial, Fresno, Kevin Dayton, Los Angeles, Oceanside, Ordinance, PLAs, San Diego, San Diego Union Tribune
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September 2, 2010 – 4:33 pm
There is an interesting story on Fox & Hounds Daily (California politics and business blog) about big Labor and their allies push for costly project labor agreements (PLAs) even on privately funded projects built to benefit society – like museums. Here are the highlights with our emphasis added (L.A. to Eli Broad: ‘Stick ‘em Up’, [...]
January 7, 2010 – 5:57 pm
After a rancorous meeting on Tuesday, January 5, the Long Beach, California City Council voted 7-1 to direct the city manager to evaluate the potential for a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) on the $35 million Long Beach airport terminal improvement project. Here’s an excerpt from the Long Beach Press-Telegram’s coverage (Our emphasis [...]
