January 25, 2012 – 11:17 am
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama made some remarks about the construction industry: “Building this new energy future should be just one part of a broader agenda to repair America’s infrastructure. So much of America needs to be rebuilt. We’ve got crumbling roads and bridges. A power grid that wastes too [...]
November 22, 2010 – 9:53 am
It is no secret that U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis supports anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects. On Nov. 9, 2010, Solis made these remarks in support of PLAs and President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 to the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing [...]
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April 12, 2010 – 12:37 pm
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has breaking news about the federal government’s final rule promoting government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects costing more than $25 million. Today, the Office of the Federal Register’s Public Inspection Desk published a notice online that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council’s final rule implementing President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009, pro-PLA Executive Order [...]
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Tagged Boston Globe, Cartoon, Executive Order 13502, FAR Case 2009-005, FAR Council Proposed Rule, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, OMB, OMB Memo, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Section 7, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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March 22, 2010 – 11:28 am
The federal government is one step closer to issuing a regulatory rules that promote project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects costing more than $25 million. It’s a controversial White House gift to Big Labor that may increase federal construction costs and will reduce competition from quality nonunion contractors and their skilled employees. Today a notice was published [...]
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Tagged Boston Globe, Cartoon, Executive Order 13502, FAR Case 2009-005, FAR Council Proposed Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, OMB, OMB Memo, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Section 7
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The construction industry is still waiting for the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council to issue a final rule on regulations that promote project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million, as directed by President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009 Executive Order 13502. After months of intense opposition and no comment from the White House or action by [...]
February 12, 2010 – 10:27 am
The Napa Valley Register ran an Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, vice-president of ABC member Nova Group in Napa, CA, that is critical of president Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 and other special interest giveaways to Big Labor that will kill jobs and increase wasteful federal spending (“Stopping the blows to construction industry,” 2/12/10). Of [...]
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Tagged Carole Bionda, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Napa Valley Register, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, San Francisco, Section 7
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December 15, 2009 – 5:14 am
From 2001 until Feb. 6, 2009 Executive Order 13202 protected at least $147.1 billion worth of federal construction projects from discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). In addition, the order prohibited PLAs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of federally-assisted construction projects across the country. Federally-assisted projects are local, state or private construction [...]
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, featured, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, OMB, OMB Memo, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Section 7, Union-only PLAs harm local workers
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December 14, 2009 – 5:41 am
The construction industry is still waiting for the federal government to issue a final rule on regulations that promote project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million. Five months ago (July 14) the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a proposed rule (FAR Case 2009-005, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction [...]
November 24, 2009 – 6:35 am
Today, Lucas County (Ohio) Commissioners will discuss an agenda item, “Incorporating Project Labor Agreements into Bidding Specifications for all County-Supported Projects.” (Download PDF). Led by Commissioner Ben Konop, this sop to Big Labor is an attempt to require PLAs on all Lucas County projects. 11/25 Update: Maggie Thurber reports that the Commissioners delayed the vote until [...]
September 15, 2009 – 11:53 am
It is no secret that U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis supports the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and Project Labor Agreements. Yesterday she addressed the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh, PA and reaffirmed her support of these special interest policies that will kill jobs and exclusively benefit Big Labor and harm American taxpayers, workers and [...]
