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Chicago’s Crony Politics Force Wal-Mart to Sign Project Labor Agreement

February 2, 2011 – 11:59 am

TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers have been sending emails and comments about recent reports that Wal-Mart has signed a multi-store project labor agreement (PLA) with Chicago area building trades unions for about $1 billion worth of construction during the next five years. The construction of “several dozen” stores in 19 counties is expected to create 10,000 permanent jobs [...]

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Domestic Dispute in Big Labor’s House

January 20, 2010 – 9:25 am

Despite the special interest handouts to Big Labor by politicians supported by construction trades unions at the local, state and federal level, trouble’s brewing in the fragile house of Big Labor. A TruthAboutPLAs.com reader sent me this sensational letter from Terry Nelson, executive secretary treasurer of the Carpenters’ Disctrict Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity. Nelson is outraged that [...]

By Ben Brubeck | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BCTD, Carpenters, Gerald Feldhaus, Jurisdictional Dispute, Labor Unrest, Mark Ayers, PLA Basics, PLA Fact, PLA hypocrisy, PLA Myth, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, St. Louis, Strikes, Terry Nelson | Comments (1)