March 22, 2011 – 12:06 pm
As part of a survey of the labor reforms proposed in the Great Lakes State in 2011, The Daily Caller recognized that lawmakers are also taking on government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) too. Here are the highlights (Our emphasis added): Republicans control both houses of the Michigan legislature and the governor’s mansion, but passage of any [...]
In a May 25 letter to the editor (“Project Labor Agreement Hinders Banks Work,” 5/25/10) published by the Cincinnati Enquirer, Robert Strobel of Lithko Contracting, Inc. points out the real reason that Big Labor is pushing for PLAs on all future Banks riverfront development projects. Here is the letter to the editor: Project Labor Agreements [...]
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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Aleksandra Kulczuga’s article at The Daily Caller, “Obama Administration Hands Down Rule Limiting Contract Bidding to Union Shops,” interviews an employee of a federal and state contractor who debunks common pro-PLA arguments relying on the fallacy that PLAs guarantee high wages and benefits on federal construction projects: “As a public works company we’re already required to [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged American Infrastructure, Daily Caller, Davis-Bacon, Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, prevailing wage, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs
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A quote in a recent Washington Business Journal article indicates that Joslyn Williams, president of the AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, believes McDonald’s employees earn $50 an hour (“Bill heats up battle over required use of union labor,” 2/28/10). “The city has to decide whether it wants people working on its construction projects to earn only ‘McDonald’s wages,’” said Joslyn Williams, [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Metro Washington, AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, D.C. Council, local legislation, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, prevailing wage, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Washington Business Journal, Washington City Paper, Washington DC
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In a 7/19 commentary, part of a Pittsburgh Tribune series on how to fix Pennsylvania’s economy, Jake Haulk from the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy and Matthew J. Brouillette from the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives don’t hold back in outlining the negative impact of big labor’s ”political stranglehold on legislation in Pennsylvania despite representing less than two [...]
