Nevada’s Anti-Free Enterprise Lawmakers Rescind Fair and Open Competition Law
On May 28, 2019, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) signed a bill (SB 231) that will hurt Nevada’s taxpayers and construction industry by reinstating controversial government-mandated project labor agreements on certain Nevada public works projects. SB 231 repealed a 2015 law (AB 159) passed by the then GOP-controlled legislature and signed by Gov. Sandoval (R). […]
USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey For Nellis Air Force Base Due Feb. 19
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract for a Hydrant Fuel System replacement project at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting […]
Nevada Becomes the 23rd State to Ban PLA Mandates, Is Ohio Next?
Gov. Sandoval signed legislation last week to make Nevada the 23rd state to restrict the ability of state and local government entities to implement wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) mandates on taxpayer funded construction projects. Nevada is the 20th state to take action on the issue since President Barack Obama issued his executive […]
USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey For Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base Hangar Due December 12
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District is requesting comments from the construction community addressing a potential government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal construction contract to build a F-35 Maintenance Hangar at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. To review and respond to the USACE survey, click here. All responses must be […]
USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey For Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base Due Oct. 4
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District is soliciting comments from the construction community about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the dormitory construction project at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. To review the survey and learn how to respond to it, click here. Responses should be […]
USACE PLA Survey Due April 12 For Unspecified Construction in Western States
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on unspecified large-scale federal projects within Western states (primarily Utah, Nevada and Colorado). Projects may include new construction projects, minor repairs, rehabilitation and alterations in a secure environment. To review and […]
Nevada Court Declares Project Labor Agreement to be Favoritism: Strikes Down Mandate for Contractors to Sign with Unions to Build $17 Million Las Vegas Prison
On August 15, State of Nevada District Court Judge Jerry Wiese ruled that a project labor agreement (PLA) imposed on contractors by the elected Clark County Board of Commissioners for a $17 million prison project in Las Vegas violated the state’s competitive bidding laws. The Nevada Supreme Court has asked Judge Wiese to evaluate the […]
Is Vegas going PLA?
Remember when Vegas construction unions were willing to gamble with union pension funds to secure union-only PLAs on public projects? That effort failed so now they are turning to their political friends to secure union-only contracts. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that Clark County Commissioners are reviewing a policy that would require discriminatory and costly project labor agreements […]
Update on Vegas Laborers Union Betting on PLA with Union Pension Money
A www.TheTruthAboutPLAs.com reader sent me a Las Vegas Sun follow-up story about the Laborers Local Union #872’s plans to gamble with nearly $80 million of union pension money to fund the construction of a new Las Vegas city hall (to be built with a union-only PLA, of course). We questioned this unwise use of union pension […]
Vegas Laborers Union Gambles with Union Pension Fund to Build a Union-Only Project
A Las Vegas Sun article demonstrates how the Laborers Union Local #872 is willing to gamble with their union’s pension fund in order to secure a union-only project labor agreement (PLA) on a new Las Vegas city hall (“Old Vegas-style financing offered for city hall,” 7/17). A spokesman for Laborers Local 872 said the union hopes to […]