USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey For Riverside County, California, Due September 2
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District is requesting comments from the construction community addressing a potential government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for a large-scale, federal contract to build the Murrieta Creek Flood Control, Environmental Restoration, and Recreation Project in Riverside County, California. To review and learn how to respond to the PLA […]
Same Principles, Different Place: PLAs in California’s Inland Empire
Reporters for the Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper connected the dots and exposed how construction unions are now trying to use project labor agreements to win control of projects in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties (known as the “Inland Empire” region of California). The March 20, 2010 article “Project Labor Agreements Spark Debate at Three Inland Agencies […]
Another California County Poised to Prohibit PLAs, While the Riverside Community College District Trustees Can’t Help Themselves
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 […]
Riverside Press-Enterprise Editorial Calls PLA a Labor Giveaway
The editorial board of the Riverside Press-Enterprise is correct again with their latest editorial opposing the Riverside Community College District project labor agreement (PLA) that is on tonight’s agenda (“Labor Giveaway,” 3/15/10). The Riverside Community College District has a public duty to protect taxpayers’ $350 million investment in new facilities. That duty requires the district to seek […]
BigGovernment: Unions’ Unfair PLAy in California
TruthAboutPLAs.com friend and BigGovernment.com contributor Bret Jacobson wrote a great piece exposing Big Labor tactics in California in a January 29 BigGovernment.com post titled, “Unions’ Unfair PLAy in California.” Some elected leaders in California are coming up on a tough decision: do they do what’s right for taxpayers, or take from the poor and give […]
Press-Enterprise: Shameful vote
Here at TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, we want to make sure we catch any important PLA-related developments that occurred over the holidays. In a December 22 editorial, the Riverside, CA Press-Enterprise expressed its frustration with the Riverside Community College District Board’s recent handout to Big Labor in the form of a project labor agreement (PLA) requirement on all […]