The Politics Of PLAs | The Truth About PLAs - Part 2

WSJ Editorial Blasts California SB 922

October 5, 2011 – 10:48 am

TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has been reporting for weeks about the perils of SB 922 and other California legislation catering to Big Labor’s special interests by promoting anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). After sailing through the California legislature via a deceptive gut and amend legislative vehicle originally about tuberculosis screening, Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed SB 922 [...]

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California Governor Signs Union-Backed Senate Bill 922, Intended to End Local Project Labor Agreement Bans

October 3, 2011 – 10:19 am

California Governor Jerry Brown announced on Sunday, October 2 that he has signed Senate Bill 922. He even included a signing message that declared SB 922 to be “fair” and “democratic.” This is the most dramatic attempt to date by unions and their political cronies to suppress the Fair and Open Competition movement that started [...]

By Kevin Dayton | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Gov. Brown, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Project Labor Agreements, SB 922, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs | Comments (1)

Taxpayers Lose Twice: 54-46 and 52-48

October 3, 2011 – 9:11 am

It’s rare to see elected officials repeal a bad decision. It’s usually easier to let taxpayers pay for the mistake. But taxpayers had a second chance on September 12 when the Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) District Board of Directors debated the repeal or amendment of a 2009 resolution requiring construction contractors to sign a Project [...]

By Kevin Dayton | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC California, California, local legislation, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Discriminate, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, Sacramento, Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) District Board of Directors, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers | Comments (0)

A Genuine California Union Conspiracy: Senate Bill 790 and the California Building Trades Council’s Ratepayer-Funded Political Slush Fund

September 23, 2011 – 12:30 pm

In California, a mini-public relations campaign is underway to defend Senate Bill 790, a bill now at Governor Jerry Brown’s desk dealing with “community choice aggregation” for electric consumers. Defenders of the bill are trying to downplay an obscure but controversial unrelated provision attached to the end of the bill that allows public utilities to [...]

By Kevin Dayton | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 in 2010, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, California Environmental Quality Act, Chula Vista, Greenmail, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, Project Labor Agreements, SB 922, State Legislation, The Politics of PLAs | Comments (1)

California Bills Designed to Turn Back the Will of the Voters Reach Gov. Jerry Brown’s Desk

September 19, 2011 – 4:14 pm

With two of the three bills designed to kill California voters’ rebellion against project labor agreements (PLAs) reaching Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk on Friday afternoon, this is a good opportunity to again urge Gov. Brown to veto this obvious and appalling handout to Big Labor. This is also a good opportunity to review the numerous [...]

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Strong Opposition Quickly Emerges to Union-Backed California Bills Suppressing Local Project Labor Agreement Bans

September 9, 2011 – 11:59 am

California State Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John Perez took a bill about tuberculosis screening (Senate Bill 922) on the afternoon of Friday, September 2 and turned it into a bill that nullifies current and future Project Labor Agreement bans at local governments and cuts off state funds for charter cities that [...]

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Thoughts on the Wisconsin Recall Elections

August 11, 2011 – 12:08 pm

While this blog is focused on the negative impact of project labor agreement (PLA) mandates on taxpayer funded construction, we have kept a watchful eye on both the Wisconsin recall elections and the debate over S.B. 5 in Ohio in recent months and have some thoughts to share. Many observers project that more than $30 [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2010 Election, local legislation, PLA Ban, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Recall Elections, The Politics of PLAs, Wisconsin | Comments (0)

Is Union-only the Best Way to “Rebuild the Dream?”

August 10, 2011 – 10:41 am

Michelle Malkin has a new piece exposing disgraced Obama administration green jobs czar Van Jones’ latest attempt to advocate for policies that tilt the scales for construction workers with union cards when competing for federal construction. Here are the highlights with our emphasis added: The problem, posits [Van] Jones, is that his fellow community organizer [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BCTD, Executive Order 13502, Green For All, Green Jobs, Michelle Malkin, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Van Jones | Comments (1)

Obama Administration Official Exceeds Authority in Pushing Local Governments to Mandate Project Labor Agreements

July 18, 2011 – 8:53 am

“I encourage you to read this guidance and to make use of project labor agreements whenever possible.” Is this an excerpt from a letter written by a top construction union official promoting anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs)? Believe it or not, it is the concluding inspirational thought in a “Project Labor Agreement [...]

By Kevin Dayton | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC California, California, Department of Transportation, Executive Order 13502, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transportation Administration, Kevin Dayton, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Public Transportation, Sacramento, The Politics of PLAs | Comments (0)

Phase 2 Silver Line Dispute Grabs Headlines; Opposition to Project Labor Agreement Grows

June 29, 2011 – 11:42 am

Opposition continues to mount against the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority’s (MWAA) April 6 resolution mandating a union-favoring project labor agreement (PLA) that contractors are required to agree to in order to win construction contracts on the $3.5 billion Phase 2 Dulles Metro Rail Silver Line project in Northern Virginia. (See previous blog posts from TheTruthAboutPLAs.com [...]

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