On Thursday, a coalition of organizations opposed to government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) sent a letter to all Hill offices concerning the final rule issued by the federal government that will open the door to waste and discrimination in federal contracting. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council’s final rule, released April 13, implements President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009 pro-PLA Executive [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged American Council of Engineering Companies, Coalition, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Electronic Security Association, Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, H.R. 983, Inc, Independent Electrical Contractors, National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business, National Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, National Utility Contractors Association, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, S. 90, Sen. Collins, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, The Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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December 1, 2009 – 9:54 am
Joseph Debro is president of a new organization, Bay Area Black Builders, composed of black construction workers and contractors fighting together for economic justice. Mr. Debro writes about how building trades unions in his community, through project labor agreements (PLAs), serve as a barrier between black contractors and prosperity (“Jobs Now!” 12/28). The building trades unions have [...]
October 1, 2009 – 4:04 am
John Macklin, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors and vice president of the association’s northeast region, wrote an excellent Op-Ed in opposition to a project labor agreement (PLA) on the $400 million Graterford Prison expansion project. It ran in the print edition of the Philadelphia Daily News as well as the [...]
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Tagged Graterford, Harry Alford, National Association of Minority Contractors, National Black Chamber of Commerce, Op-Ed, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Convention Center, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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September 21, 2009 – 6:10 am
In a September 9 entry on the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) blog openmarkets.org, CEI Editorial Director Ivan Osorio notes the negative impact of PLAs on job creation, especially for local residents and minority contractors. The post also points out that this problem is likely to become more widespread thanks to President Obama’s Executive Order 13502, which [...]
I am speaking at the National Black Chamber of Commerce Legislative Conference in Washington, DC as a panelist for a session called ”Revitalizing the U.S. Department of Transportation” today. NBCC President Harry Alford invited me to discuss the impact of pro-union policies such as Executive Order 13502 and federal prevailing wage laws under the Davis-Bacon Act on U.S. DOT projects. [...]
Here at www.thetruthaboutplas.com, we want to recognize defender of free enterprise and PLA fighter Harry Alford, President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alford has received national attention over his recent testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, in which he called Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to task for racially insensitive remarks. Once video of the exchange hit the [...]
