Manchester Mayor Opposes Federal Project Labor Agreement
The Office of Manchester, New Hampshire Mayor Frank Guinta issued a press release on 10/8, expressing concern that, “jobs for Manchester residents and New Hampshire firms will be shut out by the Obama administration’s insistence that the Job Corps Center, slated to be built at the Northwest Business Park at Hackett Hill, be contracted by […]
Fox Business News Interview of North Branch Construction on New Hampshire Federal Project Labor Agreement
Ken Holmes, president of North Branch Construction, appeared on Fox Business Channel this afternoon to discuss the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire . You can view the video here.
U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Senior Republican Member: Project Labor Agreements Offer Preview of Employee Free Choice Act
Rep. John Kline, senior Republican member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, issued a press release warning Americans that the government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire and Executive Order 13502 is the “evil twin” of the Employee Free Forced Choice […]
Glenn Beck on Federal Project Labor Agreement in New Hampshire
Glenn Beck mentioned the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire on his 10/7 program. A brief blurb about this issue appeared on the 9.12 Project website, which linked to The Washington Times story (“Obama Puts Union Strings on Federal […]
More Coverage of Federal Project Labor Agreement in New Hampshire
The media continues to take interest in the government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the U.S. Department of Labor’s new $35 million Job Corps center in Manchester, New Hampshire The Concord Monitor ran a piece that features a quote from a qualified New Hampshire nonunion business, demonstrating that a PLA cuts competition (“Builder Confronts Union Law,” […]
Hoover: Live Union or Die
Kent Hoover, Washington bureau chief for Bizjournals, is the latest to cover the government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the U.S. Department of Labor’s new $35 million Job Corps center in Manchester, New Hampshire in his post titled, “Live Union or Die” on Portfolio.com. Here’s an excerpt: North Branch Construction, a nonunion contractor in Concord, […]
Washington Times: Obama Puts Union Strings on Federal Jobs with Project Labor Agreements
The Washington Times covered President Obama’s Executive Order 13502 and the bid protest filed this week with the Government Accountability Office by North Branch Construction, a Concord, N.H.-based general contractor and member of ABC (“Obama Puts Union Strings on Federal Jobs,” 10/7). The focus of the bid protest is a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) […]
Boston Globe Op-Ed: Obama Kowtows to Labor Unions with Project Labor Agreements
An Op-Ed critical of President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 by David G. Tuerck, chairman and professor of economics and executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) at Suffolk University, ran in today’s Boston Globe (“Obama Kowtows to Labor Unions,” 10/7). Professor Tuerck, author of a new BHI study called “Project Labor Agreements […]
ABC Member Files Protest Against U.S. Department of Labor Project Labor Agreement
TheTruthAboutPLAs blogged about the first proposed government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) since President Obama signed Executive Order 13502 (“First Federal Project Labor Agreement Under Obama Administration Riles Senator Gregg,” 9/18). On 10/2, a discriminatory and costly PLA was officially included in the contract solicitation for the construction of a U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Center […]
Mackinac Center: Is MSU Hyping Project Labor Agreements
In an October 5 commentary titled, “Is MSU Hyping Project Labor Agreements,” Paul Kersey from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy wonders if an October 13 conference held by the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Labor and Industrial Relations is promoting PLAs without examining the wasteful and discriminatory impact of these special interest handouts. Here’s an excerpt: A […]