Report Documents Reduced Competition on PLA Projects
As part of our ongoing series publishing the truth about government-mandated projects labor agreements (PLAs), here is a chapter documenting Reduced Competition on PLA Projects from Maury Baskin’s Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition). III. Reduced Competition on PLA Projects According to a number of published sources, a contributing […]
Report Documents Increased Costs on PLA Projects
As part of our ongoing series publishing the truth about government-mandated projects labor agreements (PLAs), here is a chapter documenting Increased Costs on PLA Projects from Maury Baskin’s Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition). II. Increased Costs on PLA Projects Proponents of PLAs frequently claim that such agreements will […]
Report Documents the Public Record of Poor Performance of Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
Proponents of anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) use a variety of misleading arguments to convince public officials that granting union-signatory contractors and union labor a virtual monopoly on public construction projects through PLAs is in the public’s best interest. If public officials have not already been influenced by the cycle of PLA […]
An Introduction From Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance
As part of our ongoing series publishing the truth about government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs), here is an Introduction to Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements from Maury Baskin’s Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition). I. Introduction Government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) are agreements that some public entities require construction contractors […]
Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements Have a Dismal Record of Performance, Report Says
Below is a story from ABC’s Newsline about a new report of interest to TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers and the merit shop construction community. Be sure to give Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition) a read. Government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) negatively impact construction project costs, competition, timeliness, quality, safety and […]
Big Labor’s Job Targeting & Market Recovery Schemes: They Can’t Compete, So They Cheat
Merit shop contractors and their skilled employees have a lot to worry about in today’s marketplace with the construction industry’s 20 percent unemployment rate, a slow economy, cut-throat competition, and reduced bank lending to businesses interested in purchasing construction services to grow their business and create jobs. Surviving these tough market conditions is even more difficult thanks to anti-competitive and […]