September 9, 2010 – 5:31 pm
The Northern Ohio Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors has launched a new radio ad campaign calling on Gov. Ted Strickland (D) to fire embattled Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Executive Director Richard Murray. As TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers know, Murray was the subject of a scathing Aug. 5 report by the Ohio Inspector General’s (IG) office [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Corruption, Editorial, Gov. Strickland, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Radio Ad, School Construction, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs
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August 30, 2010 – 5:25 pm
There are new developments in the controversy over Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Executive Director Richard Murray’s effort to drive lucrative school construction contracts to Big Labor. As readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com are aware, the Ohio Inspector General’s (IG) office released a scathing report on August 5 that brought OSFC E.D. and former Laborers official Richard Murray’s efforts [...]
August 19, 2010 – 2:13 pm
Today The Columbus Dispatch published another editorial blasting Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) director Richard Murray for engaging in numerous acts of “union bias” and steering lucrative school construction contracts to union contractors and union members via project labor agreements (PLAs). Murray has been the subject of an investigation by the Ohio Inspector General’s office TheTruthAboutPLAs.com covered here and here. [...]
August 11, 2010 – 9:35 am
Yesterday, The Boston Globe reported that a group of nonunion contractors filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission alleging that a project labor agreement (PLA) favoring union labor on $750 million worth of construction at the UMass Boston campus violated the state’s conflict of interest law when it was approved by a board that includes two [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Charles Baker, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Gov. Patrick, Gov. Strickland, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, UMASS, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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The media attention over the August 5 release of the Ohio Inspector General’s review of Richard Murray’s tenure as head of the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) and his efforts to strong-arm local communities into wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) continued to gain traction over the weekend. Readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com know that Murray [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 2010 Election, Akron Beacon Journal, Chet Culver, Chillicothe Gazette, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch, Corruption, Editorial, Gov. Quinn, Gov. Strickland, Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, School Construction, Toledo Blade
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Today’s report from the Ohio Inspector General and article in the Columbus Dispatch provides a glimpse into the corrupt underbelly of public construction contracting (“Inspector general: School facilities chief too close to unions,” 8/5/10). Here, Big Labor bosses all-too-frequently shakedown public officials and school boards for lucrative construction contracts. In this instance, TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has covered how former Big Labor boss Richard Murray, Ohio [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Columbus Dispatch, Corruption, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, School Construction, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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August 3, 2010 – 12:52 pm
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has covered how former Big Labor Boss Richard Murray, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s (D) appointed Director of the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC), is under investigation for forcing school districts to utilize anti-competitive project labor agreement (PLA) schemes that funnel lucrative school construction contracts to unionized contractors and union labor after these special interest groups have contributed [...]
As reported by the Columbus, Ohio NBC affiliate on July 1, more details about the Ohio School Facilities Corporation Executive Director Rich Murray’s efforts to strong arm school districts into requiring wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) are coming to light. Murray’s behavior on behalf of the Strickland administration’s Big Labor allies has led [...]
With Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s appointed director of the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC), former Big Labor boss Richard Murray, under investigation for pushing school districts to use union-favoring project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of receiving funding from the OSFC, the media stands ready scrutinize these corrupt and wasteful agreements. A recent Columbus Dispatch points to evidence that PLAs in Ohio [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Columbus Dispatch, Cornell, David G. Tuerck, Fred Kotler, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Sidney Daily News, Study
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The Columbus Dispatch reports that Ohio Inspector General Thomas P. Charles is investigating whether Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Director Richard Murray behaved inappropriately by “pushing districts to use union labor through project labor agreements” (PLAs) (“School Facilities Commission director probed for pushing union use,” 6/20/10): Murray formerly was the head of Ohio LECET, a group that assists [...]
