The Truth About Project Labor Agreements

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for the construction of a new C-5 and C-17 aircraft maintenance hangar at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a project of ABC National, encourages the merit shop contracting community to […]

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for large scale (greater than $25 million) construction projects in the State of Maryland. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a project of ABC National, encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell […]

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract for the construction project on the West Bank Mississippi River Levee. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE that government-mandated […]

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for maintenance on the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, New York, Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet Stabilization (FIMI) project, with an estimated cost between $25 […]

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the large scale construction project to repair the McRee Barracks at Fort Belvoir, VA with an estimated cost between $25 million and $100 million. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a […]

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the large scale project at the VA Medical Center in Louisville, KY, with an estimated cost to be between $25 million and $100 million. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a […]

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract for the repair of Biggs Army Airfield on Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond […]

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On Jan. 24, members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives State Government Committee listened to testimony on HB 1849, known as the Open Contracting Act, which would prohibit the use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded construction projects. The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Stephen Bloom. PLAs are specifically written and designed to […]

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Politico’s Morning Transportation reports that Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and a coalition of 13 other construction and business associations sent President Trump a Jan. 24, 2018, letter urging the administration to eliminate government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally assisted projects, allowing all qualified contractors and Americans to fairly compete to build and […]

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