December 3, 2010 – 11:10 am
Take a look at this outstanding video posted by The Mackinac Center that explains the grip of Big Labor’s powerful special interests on some members of the Lansing City Council. We’ve covered this story before, but basically, Lansing City Council members beholden to Big Labor’s anti-competitive and costly agenda issued threats to halt both the cleanup [...]
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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Last Tuesday, Chula Vista, Calif. voters rejected costly and anti-competitive project labor agreements (PLAs) on public works projects by passing Proposition G, which bans PLAs on city-funded construction projects and helps public officials deliver to taxpayers the best possible construction project at the best possible price. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal editorial board applauded Chula Vista voters for passing [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC California, Americas Nightly Scoreboard, Brett McMahon, California, Chula Vista, Executive Order 13502, Fox Business Network, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Prop G, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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Last night, David Asman of FOX Business Network’s “America’s Nightly Scoreboard” program interviewed Brett McMahon, vice president of ABC member firm Miller & Long Concrete Construction, about the April 13 final rule implementing President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502. The Obama order strongly encourages federal agencies to steer lucrative construction contracts to [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Brett McMahon, Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, pensions, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Wilson Bridge
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In a May 8 editorial (“Vote Yes on G in Chula Vista,” May 8), the San Diego Union-Tribune urged Chula Vista voters to support Proposition G, which would prohibit wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on city funded construction projects. Proposition G is on the ballot on June 8, although mail-in voting is scheduled [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged 2010 Election, Chula Vista, Editorial, Gaylord Hotel, Groups Opposed to PLAs, PLA Video, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, prevailing wage, Prop G, San Diego
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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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April 29, 2010 – 11:59 pm
TruthAboutPLAs.com readers familiar with provisions in wasteful and anti-competitive project labor agreements (PLAs) that force employers to contribute to failing union multi-employer pension plans on behalf of their employees have likely reviewed Required Reading on Multi-Employer Pension Plan Crisis. April 29, Fox Business Network’s Americas Nightly Scoreboard program invited the Small Business All-Stars to discuss Wall Street [...]
April 29, 2010 – 11:27 pm
Small business owner Gus Perea of Collegeville, PA discusses the impact burdensome regulations and red tape have on small businesses across this country on the April 23 edition of America’s Nightly Scoreboard on FOX Business. As the catalyst for economic recovery and job creation in this country, these over regulation is something Gus and others [...]
On the April 18 edition of “Cavuto on Business” on FOX Business, Charles Payne moderated a panel discussion on Executive Order 13502 and the Obama administration’s effort to funnel federal construction projects to its Big Labor allies. This is one panel that understands the true nature of wasteful and discrimination project labor agreements: political payback. [...]
Brett McMahon, vice president of Miller & Long, a concrete construction subcontractor, based in Bethesda, Md., and a member of the Associated Builders and Contractors appeared on the April 14 edition of Power Lunch on CNBC. Here’s the video:
