August 5, 2010 – 10:42 am
Big Labor bosses and government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) advocates frequently claim that PLAs are the only way to guarantee local hire on construction projects funded by tax dollars. Of course, this is another myth promoted by special interests to convince lawmakers and taxpayers that there is a public benefit to anti-competitive and costly PLA [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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The Middletown, NY School Board rejected a proposal to require contractors to sign a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) in order to work on the upcoming construction of a new elementary school. Here is the coverage from the July 2 edition of the Middletown Times Herald-Record (“School Board Vote Rejects Project Labor Agreement,” [...]
The Wall Street Journal reported on a preposterous construction labor dispute illustrating Big Labor’s grip on the Big Apple (“Union Spat Clouds School Project,” 5/3/10). The New School is planning to build a $215 million classroom and dormitory building on the corner of 14th Street and Fifth Avenue, but the Painters Union DC 9 is [...]
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Tagged Edward Malloy, McGraw Hill Construction, New York, New York Times, Painters Union, PLA victim, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Subcontracting News, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Wall Street Journal
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The Obama Administration’s release of the final rule to implement Executive Order 13502 was not the only significant PLA development last week. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas publicly stated his opposition to New York Gov. David Paterson Administration’s, and specifically the Department of Transportation’s (NYSDOT), request that a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) be required [...]
March 15, 2010 – 11:12 pm
Another Albany Times Union letter to the editor (“Bid project for bridge both ways,” 3/15) refutes a March 6 letter to the editor that encourages the use of a controversial project labor agreement (PLA) on the Lake Champlain Crown Point Bridge (a PLA fight TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has covered here) by Robert J. Jones, business manager of the International [...]
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Tagged AGC, AGC NY, Albany Times Union, Champlain Bridge, Letter to the Editor, New York, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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A March 12 Albany Times Union letter to the editor refutes a March 6 letter to the editor that encourages the use of a controversial project labor agreement (PLA) on the Lake Champlain Crown Point Bridge (a PLA fight TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has covered here) by Robert J. Jones, business manager of the International Union of Operating [...]
In his March 11 State of the County Address, Erie County, NY Executive Chris Collins calls out county legislators for putting Big Labor’s interest ahead of job creation. Here’s an excerpt: Erie County also continues to come up with creative solutions to some of our local economic development problems caused by New York State. Because [...]
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has followed the Lake Champlain Bridge project labor agreement (PLA) controversy closely (“Update on Lake Champlain Bridge Project Labor Agreement Controversy,” 2/27 and “A Bridge to Government Waste and Discrimination,” 2/16). The Plattsburgh, N.Y. Press Republican published an Op-Ed today opposing the Lake Champlain Bridge PLA by Becky Meinking, president of ABC Empire State (“Spoils [...]
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Tagged Champlain Bridge, New York, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Press Republican, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Vermont
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February 27, 2010 – 9:57 am
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com covered the controversial proposed project labor agreement (PLA) on the Lake Champlain Bridge project spanning from Crown Point, N.Y. to Chimney Point, N.H. (“A Bridge to Government Waste and Discrimation,” 2/16). Here is an update for readers following this story. On Feb. 12 the Vermont Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing on the Lake Champlain Bridge [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Empire State, ABC Vermont, AGC, AGC Vermont, AJ Castelbuono, Champlain Bridge, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal-Assistance PLA, FHWA, New York, NYSDOT, pensions, Press Release, State Legislation, Vermont
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February 16, 2010 – 12:57 pm
Nonunion contractors, their employees and prominent VT and NY construction trade associations are outraged about a proposed government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the Champlain Bridge reconstruction and one group is even considering a lawsuit to stop this special interest handout to Big Labor. The reconstruction of “The Bridge to Government Waste and Special Interests” [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Empire State, ABC Vermont, AGC, Champlain Bridge, Federal Construction, New York, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Vermont
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