December 9, 2011 – 10:03 am
On Dec. 7, 2011, TheTruthAboutPLAs.com explained how government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) reduce competition and increase costs. Yesterday, the Free Enterprise Coalition released this press release (see below) about documents recently obtained from the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). They prove government-mandated PLAs reduce competition and increase costs. (Note: SDUSD calls these union agreements Project Stabilization [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Oceanside, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, project stabilization agreement, San Diego, San Diego County, SavePropS.com, SDUSD
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November 1, 2011 – 6:01 pm
In their “On the Money” segment, Sacramento’s CBS affiliate exposes what PLA mandates on school construction mean for taxpayers. Government-mandated PLAs have a negative impact on local construction workers and taxpayers. These special interest handouts to Big Labor line the pockets of union bosses at the expense of average Americans. Californians throughout the state have [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Oceanside, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Sacramento, Sacramento City Unified School District, Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) District Board of Directors, San Diego, School Construction, State Legislation, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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October 5, 2011 – 10:48 am
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has been reporting for weeks about the perils of SB 922 and other California legislation catering to Big Labor’s special interests by promoting anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). After sailing through the California legislature via a deceptive gut and amend legislative vehicle originally about tuberculosis screening, Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed SB 922 [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Editorial, Fox News, Fresno, Gov. Brown, local legislation, Oceanside, Orange County, Palmdale Water District, PLA Video, Placer County, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Proposition A, Sacramento, San Diego, San Diego County, SB 922, Stanislaus County, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs, Wall Street Journal
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September 15, 2011 – 3:14 pm
The California legislature has approved and sent to Governor Jerry Brown three bills that construction union lobbyists are demanding in their quest to use the power of government to gain greater control over taxpayer-funded construction projects. These are Senate Bill 922, Assembly Bill 436, and Senate Bill 790. Receiving the most attention is Senate Bill [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Contra Costa Times, Kevin Dayton, Merced Sun-Star, Modesto Bee, North County Times, Oakland Tribune, Oceanside, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Sacramanto Bee, Sacramento, Sacramento Bee, San Diego, SB 922, School Construction, State Legislation
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September 9, 2011 – 11:59 am
California State Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John Perez took a bill about tuberculosis screening (Senate Bill 922) on the afternoon of Friday, September 2 and turned it into a bill that nullifies current and future Project Labor Agreement bans at local governments and cuts off state funds for charter cities that [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Editorial, Kevin Dayton, Letter to the Editor, Oceanside, Op-Ed, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Sacramanto Bee, Sacramento, San Diego, San Diego Union Tribune, SB 922, School Construction, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs, The Sacramento News & Review
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September 6, 2011 – 8:04 am
On the afternoon of September 2 – the Friday before Labor Day weekend – the California State Building and Construction Trades Council finally revealed its plot to terminate local efforts throughout the state to guarantee the best quality construction at the best price for taxpayers. Bills in the California State Legislature were “gutted and amended” [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged 20 in 2010, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, City of Los Angeles, Greenmail, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Oceanside, Open Competition, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Prop G, Prop K, Proposition A, San Diego, San Diego County Taxpayers Association, San Gabriel Unified School District, SavePropS.com, SB 922, School Construction, State Legislation, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
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Longtime readers of this blog remember that a PLA requirement was adopted by the San Diego Unified School District for all projects funded by Proposition S, a $2.1 billion voter-approved school construction bond. We have already seen this PLA requirement lead to expensive cost increases. Media reports now find that projects covered by the PLA [...]
October 27, 2010 – 7:17 am
The October 26, 2010 San Diego Union-Tribune reports on the issues concerning Proposition A, a measure on the November 2, 2010 ballot that would amend the charter (constitution) of San Diego County to prohibit the county from entering into contracts that require its construction contractors to sign project labor agreements (PLAs) with construction unions. The article [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Editorial, Fresno, Kevin Dayton, Los Angeles, Oceanside, Ordinance, PLAs, San Diego, San Diego Union Tribune
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September 8, 2010 – 7:30 am
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted on July 13 to “put the people in charge” and “give voters a voice” by placing a measure (now designated as Proposition A) on the November 2 ballot that would amend the county’s charter to prohibit the county from entering into contracts that require contractors to sign [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, California, Chula Vista, Facebook, Kevin Dayton, Oceanside, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Proposition A, San Diego, SDUSD, Website
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The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore wrote in yesterday’s Political Diary, via FlashReport (“Unions on the Run in the Golden State,” 6/22): It’s rare these days for unions to suffer a political setback, but the California election results in early June were a big defeat. Now a business group that played a key role in the [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, Brett McMahon, California, Chula Vista, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, Prop K, Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal
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