January 18, 2012 – 3:43 pm
State and local leaders continue to say NO to wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) mandates. The latest to do so is Anne Arundel County, MD, where local leaders adopted a ban on government-mandated PLAs on January 17. Maryland joins California, Texas and Pennsylvania as states in which local government entities have approved [...]
January 11, 2012 – 8:46 am
Leaders in yet another county have decided to stand up against wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) mandates. This time, it is Westmoreland County, PA, where the county board of commissioners resolved on January 9 not to require PLAs on county funded construction. This is an important step toward ensuring that taxpayers get the [...]
February 1, 2011 – 3:52 pm
The Pennsylvania Supreme Count issued a preliminary ruling on the Hawbaker, et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of General Services, et al. Several uninformed media outlets have indicated that this ruling is an endorsement of PLAs. This is not the case. This case stems from former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell administration’s effort to force PLA requirements [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged ABC Western Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, Legal Challenge, legal opinion, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell
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January 28, 2011 – 3:16 pm
An editorial in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal supports Wednesday’s passage of legislation by Lancaster County Commissioners that will help taxpayers get the best possible construction product at the best possible price. The measure prohibits Lancaster County from mandating anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) schemes that have been harming Pennsylvania’s construction industry and Keystone taxpayers thanks to [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Editorial, keystone, Lancaster Online, local legislation, Pennsylvania, PLA Ban, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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January 26, 2011 – 12:37 pm
In a move designed to defend taxpayers against potential future wasteful and discriminatory Big Labor handouts, Lancaster County, PA commissioners approved a measure that will prohibit project labor agreements (PLAs) on locally-funded construction projects. Here is a quote that sums up the issue by the measure’s sponsor, Chairman Scott Martin, as reported by FOX43 WPMT: [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Department of General Services, Gov. Tom Corbett, keystone, Lancaster Online, local legislation, penn, Pennsylvania, PLA Ban, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs
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January 6, 2011 – 10:32 am
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com is pleased to share a news release about ABC’s latest win against anti-competitive and costly federal government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). ABC, ABC members and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com continue to lead the fight against special interest PLA schemes on behalf of the construction industry, concerned taxpayers and supporters of the principles of fair and open competition [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Western Pennsylvania, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GAO, Lafayette Building, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Veterans Administration, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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September 22, 2010 – 2:19 pm
An inspirational grassroots effort came to a close yesterday as John Falk completed his 89 mile journey on foot from York, Pa. to Washington, D.C. He was greeted on Capital Hill by several supporters and Congressman Todd Platts (R-Pa.). Falk set out on this walk on Friday, Sept. 17 to deliver a petition urging Congress to repeal [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, John Falk, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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September 20, 2010 – 2:56 pm
As we reported last week, John Falk of York, Pa. has started his walk for worker freedom. Falk is walking from York to the U.S. Capitol to deliver a petition urging Congress to repeal President Obama’s Executive Order 13502, which encourages federal agencies to require wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, John Falk, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, President Obama, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Rep. John Bear, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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September 16, 2010 – 9:27 am
A truly remarkable grassroots effort is underway in York, PA. After witnessing the impact that wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) have on his employer and the construction industry in Pennsylvania, and angered by federal and state policies promoting the use of PLAs on taxpayer-funded work, John Falk decided it was time to take [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Grassroots, John Falk, Open Competition, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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September 9, 2010 – 12:59 pm
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s editorial board offered its thoughts on the latest effort by Big Labor to monopolize construction work in the Pittsburgh area. This time, it is the Penn Hills School Board that has bended to the demands of local union bosses and required a project labor agreement (PLA) on an upcoming $130 million high school project. Here [...]
