Tennessee Legislation to prohibit wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on state and local construction projects is on its way to Gov. Bill Haslam (R) for his signature or veto. We urge Gov. Haslam to take quick action on this bi-partisan legislation, HB1498, which will protect taxpayers from these Big Labor handouts on public [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Maine, PLA Ban, PLAs, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, protest, State Legislation, Tennessee, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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April 12, 2011 – 12:15 pm
Arizona is the latest state to ban the use of wasteful and discriminatory government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on state and local construction projects. On April 6, Gov. Jan Brewer signed S.B. 1403, which prohibits state and local entities from requiring contractors to sign a PLA as a condition of performing taxpayer funded construction. Similar [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Arizona, Executive Order 13502, Greenmail, PLA Ban, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, State Legislation, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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One more state says YES to ensuring taxpayer value on public construction projects! Gov. Butch Otter yesterday signed S.B. 1006 banning state and political subdivisions from requiring contractors to sign a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement or other deals with a labor union as a condition of performing work on public projects. Idaho joins [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Idaho, Open Competition, PLA Ban, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, State Legislation
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There have been some big developments for proponents of fair and open competition around the country. It is clear that taxpayers from sea to shining sea are sick of their hard earned tax dollars funding special interest handouts in the form of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs). Last week, lawmakers in Idaho cleared [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged ABC Michigan, Executive Order 13502, Florida, Georgia, Gov. Terry Branstad, Greenmail, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, PLA Ban, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, State Executive Order, State Legislation
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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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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 [...]
