Asbury Park Press: Costly PLAs Must Be Ended

November 16, 2009 – 10:52 am

In a November 16 editorial titled, “Costly PLAs Must Be Ended,” the Asbury Park Press weighs in on the project labor agreement (PLA) controversy.  The paper calls on Governor-elect Chris Christie to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the use of costly and discriminatory PLAs on public construction in New Jersey. Here is an excerpt: [...]

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New Jersey’s Next Governor Says NO to Project Labor Agreements

November 5, 2009 – 6:04 am

Republican Chris Christie defeated incumbent Jon Corzine on Tuesday to become New Jersey’s next governor. According to the Washington Post, Christie, a former U.S. attorney who also made fighting corruption in state politics a theme of his campaign, finished with 48.8 percent of the vote to Corzine’s 44.6, a margin of almost 100,000 votes with [...]

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PLA Laws in the States: Some Say NO to Project Labor Agreements, Others CAVE to Union Pressure

May 8, 2009 – 2:56 pm

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 [...]

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