The title says it all and we completely agree! The editorial board at The Wall Street Journal has again come out against wasteful and discriminatory government-mandated PLAs. Here are the highlights from the editorial (“Project Labor Revolt: The states ban union political bid-rigging. Obama demurs,” 7/19/11): One benefit of the squeeze on state and local [...]
By Andy Conlin
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September 3, 2010 – 11:46 am
Last night (September 2), the board of directors of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) had an unexpected and unscheduled hour-long inquiry into its contracting practices, including district mandates for contractors to sign project labor agreements (PLAs) with unions in order to work on two specific large projects. We learned that the elected board of [...]
November 17, 2009 – 2:33 pm
A group of building and construction trade unions has filed a motion to intervene in the ABC Heart of America Chapter’s lawsuit to force Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Attorney General Chris Koster to enforce the 2007 “Fairness in Public Construction Act,” which prohibits government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on public projects. Here’s a glimpse [...]
November 6, 2009 – 10:14 am
The ABC Heart of America Chapter has filed a lawsuit to force the Missouri state government to enforce the Fairness in Public Construction Act. This 2007 act essentially prohibits state and local government entities from mandating the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded contraction. The ABC lawsuit claims that recent government-mandated PLAs utilized [...]
November 3, 2009 – 8:02 am
Greg Hoberock, President of ABC member hth Companies in Union, Missouri, discussed discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) and Executive Order 13502 with Michael McSorley on KRMS News Talk 1150 “Morning Mag” on 10/28. Scroll down and click on the rebroadcast titled, “October 28th, 2009: Greg Hoberock on Project Labor Agreements” for an interesting perspective on PLAs. Mr. [...]
September 2, 2009 – 5:01 pm
The September 1 edition of the St. Louis Business Journal reports that the Heart of America Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors sent letters to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) and Attorney General Chris Koster (D) officially requesting that they launch an investigation into the Bayless School District’s procurement practices. Here is the rundown of the situation from [...]
While the federal government is tripping over itself to give handouts to Big Labor by encouraging government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million, several states have enacted legislation or issued executive orders rejecting wasteful and anti-competitive PLAs. Since 1995, five states now prohibit government-mandated PLAs on public construction projects. Leaders in [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Arkansas, Illinous, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Section 7, State Executive Order, State Legislation, Utah
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