Project Labor Agreements Irk Cajun Contractors

The New Orleans City Business ran a story on the anticipated impact of project labor agreements (PLAs) on Louisiana contractors and the greater New Orleans construction industry (Project Labor Ageeements Irk Contractors, 12/14). Construction industry officials insist it will have the opposite effect and severely impact right-to-work states such as Louisiana, where union labor is [...]

Independent Study Finds PLAs Increase Construction Costs

A TruthAboutPLAs.com reader sent us a June 2009 study conducted by property and construction consulting firm Rider Levett Bucknall prepared for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Construction and Facilities Management.   The VA hired this firm to evaluate the cost impact of project labor agreements (PLAs) in various markets where the VA [...]

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