November 11, 2009 – 11:57 am
As reported earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Manchester, New Hampshire, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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November 10, 2009 – 5:36 am
ICYMI, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC support [...]
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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November 5, 2009 – 4:19 pm
In an op-ed titled, “Favoring Unions Hurts Taxpayers,” in the November 5 edition of the Tampa Bay Tribune, ABC Gulf Coast Chapter President Steve Cona, Jr. notes that President Obama’s Executive Order 13502 could keep 97 percent of Florida’s private construction workforce from building projects paid for with their own tax dollars. Executive Order 13502 [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged abc, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Florida, Manchester, New Hampshire, Op-Ed, PLAs Cut Competition, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Tampa Tribune
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October 31, 2009 – 12:07 pm
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran an excellent Q & A interview with Ken Holmes, President of ABC member company North Branch Construction of Concord, New Hampshire (“Sidelined by Unions’ Payback,” 10/31). Holmes filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office about the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged DOL, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Manchester, New Hampshire, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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October 15, 2009 – 8:35 am
New Hampshire Public Radio produced a fair and balanced report on the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire (“Concord Company Complains About Project Labor Agreements,” 10/14). Listen here.
October 12, 2009 – 12:01 am
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran a scathing editorial about project labor agreements (PLAs) in light of the controversy surrounding Executive Order 13502 and the government-mandated PLA on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire (“The PLA Shakedown,” 10/11). PLAs pervertedly are touted as giving taxpayers more bang for their buck. [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Department of General Services, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, Federal Contracting, Graterford, Manchester, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rockview, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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October 10, 2009 – 1:00 am
The Office of Manchester, New Hampshire Mayor Frank Guinta issued a press release on 10/8, expressing concern that, “jobs for Manchester residents and New Hampshire firms will be shut out by the Obama administration’s insistence that the Job Corps Center, slated to be built at the Northwest Business Park at Hackett Hill, be contracted by [...]
October 9, 2009 – 9:02 pm
Ken Holmes, president of North Branch Construction, appeared on Fox Business Channel this afternoon to discuss the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire . You can view the video here.
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Fox News, Manchester, New Hampshire, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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October 9, 2009 – 11:09 am
Rep. John Kline, senior Republican member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, issued a press release warning Americans that the government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire and Executive Order 13502 is the “evil twin” of the Employee Free Forced Choice [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Education and Labor, EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act, Executive Order 13502, H.R. 983, Legislation, Manchester, New Hampshire, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Kline, S. 90, Take Action, The Government Neutrality in Contracting Act
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