December 9, 2010 – 9:15 pm
Big Labor’s effort to impose a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) mandate in Lorain, OH hit a roadblock this week when the City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee refused to send the proposal to the full council on Monday, Dec. 6. This was a big win for local taxpayers, but it might only [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Editorial, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, local legislation, Lorain, Lorain Morning Journal, Ohio, Ohio School Facilities Commission, Ordinance, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, School Construction
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November 29, 2010 – 11:06 am
Another community has said no to Big Labor handouts and higher costs for taxpayer funded construction. The City Council of Lewisville, Texas voted 5-0 to prohibit the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on city funded work. Text for the ordinance is based on the Chula Vista, California ballot initiative to prohibit government-mandated PLAs, which was approved by [...]
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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The Baltimore City Council held a hearing Thursday, July 29 to examine local legislation (Bill 10-0455) that would require community partnership agreements – also known as wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) – on all construction projects costing more than $5 million and that have some form of city financial support. Here is an [...]
“For the reasons listed above, the Law Department does not approve the bill for form and legal sufficiency.” That is the legal opinion of Ashley H. Brown, Baltimore’s Assistant Attorney Solicitor, on controversial legislation (Bill No. 10-0455) before the Baltimore City Council that would require the city to include government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) in all contracts for construction projects with a total [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Baltimore, ABC Metro Washington, AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, Baltimore, D.C. Council, legal opinion, local hire, local legislation, Ordinance, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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A San Diego Union Tribune editorial rips Big Labor’s Spanish-language ad opposing Proposition G which prohibits the use of anti-competitive project labor agreement (PLA) schemes on public works projects in Chula Vista, CA and restores fairness and accountability in public contracting (“Language of distortion / Truth is a casualty in unions’ political ad,” 6/5). Earlier this week [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Editorial, Ordinance, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Prop G, San Diego, The Politics of PLAs, TV Ad, Union Propaganda Machine, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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How can you tell when a political campaign is falling apart with the knowledge of certain defeat? In the case of the union campaign to prevent voter approval of Proposition G in the City of Chula Vista, union leaders are now so desperate to save their special interest backroom deals (called “Project Labor Agreements”) that [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Direct Mail, Ordinance, PLAs, Prop G, San Diego, TV Ad, Union Propaganda Machine, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, the highest circulated daily newspaper in the San Diego metropolitan area, has endorsed Measure K, which asks Oceanside voters to adopt a charter that includes a ban on project labor agreement (PLA) requirements in city contracts. It also allows the city to establish its own prevailing wage policy for purely municipal [...]
By Kevin Dayton
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Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Groups Opposed to PLAs, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Oceanside, Ordinance, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Prop G, Prop K, San Diego, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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In an April 27 commentary titled, “Construction Trades Seize Greenmail Advantage with Vengeance,” published by The Daily Transcript in San Diego, former ABC San Diego chapter president George Hawkins reminds the public about one of Big Labor’s favorite tools for securing project labor agreements (PLAs) in California: greenmail. Here are the highlights: “Greenmail,” the idea of threatening to [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Ballot Initiative, California, Fox News, Gaylord Hotel, Greenmail, Letter to the Editor, Ordinance, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, San Diego, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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Following the lead of Orange and San Diego Counties, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors is poised to take up an ordinance that would prohibit wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on county construction projects. If adopted, three of the four most populous counties in California will have said no to political handouts, and [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 20 in 2010, California, local legislation, Ordinance, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Riverside, Riverside Community College District, Riverside County Board of Supervisors
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