Today the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Military Construction (MilCon) and Veterans Affairs (VA) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2012 (H.R. 2055). Section 415 of H.R. 2055 ensures fair and open competition on federal construction contracts funded by this legislation. Specifically, it will prevent federal agencies from requiring contractors to sign [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Appropriations, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Federal Legislation, H.R. 2055, House PLA Votes, Legislation, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Flake, Rep. Guinta, Rep. LaTourette, Section 415, Take Action, US Army Corps of Engineers, Veterans Administration
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently issued surveys requesting information from the construction industry on the potential use of project labor agreements (PLAs). The VA is requesting feedback for the Palo Alto Health Care System Capital Asset Improvements project in Palo Alto, Calif. and on [...]
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently issued surveys requesting information from the construction industry on the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on two large-scale projects. The USACE is requesting information on the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and the [...]
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Lackland Air Force Base, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Puerto Rico, San Antonio, Take Action, Texas, US Army Corps of Engineers, Veterans Administration
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January 13, 2011 – 9:23 am
An editorial in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review praised the removal of government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the construction of a $50 million U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Research Office Building in Pittsburgh and heavily criticized politicians and special interests participating in these anti-competitive and costly schemes (“The VA & PLAs: A welcome reversal,” 1/13/11): Dropping inclusion of [...]
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Tagged BNA Construction Labor Report, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, Federal Contracting, GAO, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Veterans Administration
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January 6, 2011 – 10:32 am
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com is pleased to share a news release about ABC’s latest win against anti-competitive and costly federal government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). ABC, ABC members and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com continue to lead the fight against special interest PLA schemes on behalf of the construction industry, concerned taxpayers and supporters of the principles of fair and open competition [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC Western Pennsylvania, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GAO, Lafayette Building, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Veterans Administration, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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December 10, 2010 – 10:51 am
Word is getting out about the Obama administration’s $3.3 million gift to Big Labor. It appears Christmas came early for Washington, D.C. union bosses, when the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) paid a federal contractor at least $3.3 million to execute a change order adding a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) to a [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Federal Legislation, Harry Alford, Labor studies, Lafayette Building, National Black Chamber of Commerce, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Veterans Administration
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December 10, 2010 – 6:24 am
Bret Jacobson, a blogger on BigGovernment.com, reminds readers (Our Dire Straits: Money For Nothin’, 12/9/10) of a story reported earlier this week about taxpayer waste on the renovation of the Lafayette Federal Building in downtown Washington D.C. As regular readers remember, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) paid a federal contractor at least $3.3 million as [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged AFL-CIO Metropolitan Washington Council, Big Labor, BigGovernment.com, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Harry Alford, Lafayette Building, National Black Chamber of Commerce, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, Veterans Administration, Washington DC, Washington Examiner
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Today’s Wall Street Journal editorial blasts President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 that was implemented into federal procurement regulations thanks to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council’s final rule issued yesterday (“Crony Contracts. Want federal business? Better be a union shop.” 4/14). This editorial is one for the ages. Let’s hope federal agencies and [...]
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Tagged Beacon Hill Institute, Editorial, Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, featured, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Maury Baskin, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, Veterans Administration, Wall Street Journal
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January 25, 2010 – 5:20 pm
Wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) continue to garner public attention in Indiana, as Wishard Health Services prepares to go forward with a PLA on approximately $750 million in hospital renovations at their Marion County facility. The latest PLA-related story titled, “An Ailing Process,” comes courtesy of the January 24 Indianapolis Star. Here are [...]
November 2, 2009 – 5:51 am
A TruthAboutPLAs.com reader sent us a June 2009 study conducted by property and construction consulting firm Rider Levett Bucknall prepared for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Construction and Facilities Management. The VA hired this firm to evaluate the cost impact of project labor agreements (PLAs) in various markets where the VA [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Denver, Executive Order 13502, featured, Federal Construction, Hospital Construction, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, PLA Study, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, San Francisco, Veterans Administration
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