Update: Manchester’s U.S. DOL Job Corps Center To Proceed Free From Project Labor Agreement Scheme
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has confirmed the elimination of a controversial project labor agreement (PLA) mandate on its estimated $35 million Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H., when it issued a solicitation yesterday for construction services without discriminatory and costly PLA mandate or preference requirements. The Associated Press picked up this story, which will run […]
Congressman Steve King: Fighting for Free Enterprise in Iowa
Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) has a strong record of fighting to repeal onerous regulations and tax increases on Iowa’s job creators and taxpayers. As a former contractor, Rep. King understands the importance of open completion and free-enterprise. In the 112th Congress, Rep. King’s voting record to prohibit government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction […]
Congressman Guinta’s Principles are Carved in Granite
Check out this ad in support of Congressman Frank Guinta (R-New Hampshire) from today’s New Hampshire Union-Leader. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers know Congressman Guinta has worked tirelessly to ensure federal construction contracts, like the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps Center in Manchester, are truly open to all of New Hampshire’s qualified businesses and construction workforce instead of […]
Santa Fe City CWA Requirement Faces Uncertain Future Despite the Mayor’s attempts to Save It
The future is uncertain for a controversial Santa Fe City ordinance that mandates the use of community workforce agreements (CWAs) on all city projects costing more than $500,000. As city leaders learn more about what this requirement really means for the local contracting community and their workers, they are reconsidering its benefits. The CWA […]
Maryland Cozies Up to Project Labor Agreement Schemes
Free enterprise is under attack in Maryland and the merit shop contracting community, which employs 88.6 percent of the state’s construction workforce, will be denied a fair opportunity to compete for construction contracts due to the rise of special interest favoritism. Two recent media reports highlight how Maryland lawmakers and the administration of Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) are capitulating to Big […]
Congressman Bartlett Supports Free Enterprise and Maryland’s Construction Community
Maryland’s construction industry and taxpayers have a friend in Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and need to send him back to Washington Nov. 6. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers know Rep. Bartlett has worked tirelessly to ensure federal construction contracts are truly open to all of Maryland’s qualified businesses and construction workforce instead of only well-connected special interests and out-of-state contractors […]
Victory: Manchester’s U.S. DOL Job Corps Center To Proceed Free From Project Labor Agreement Scheme
Last week the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) confirmed the elimination of a controversial project labor agreement (PLA) mandate on its estimated $20 million to $50 million Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H., when it issued a pre-solicitation for construction services without discriminatory and costly PLA mandate or preference language. When mandated by government entities, […]
USACE Issues PLA Survey for Arlington National Cemetery
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey requesting information from the construction industry about the potential use of a project labor agreement (PLA) for a $60 million to $80 million project at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to the request for […]
NAVFAC Issues PLA Survey For San Diego Naval Medical Center Project
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) has issued a survey requesting information from the construction industry about the potential use of a project labor agreement (PLA) for HVAC and ductwork repairs at the San Diego Naval Medical Center. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to the request for information. Tell NAVFAC that government-mandated […]
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Abandons Project Labor Agreement Policy; Instead Directs Staff to Negotiate Project Labor Agreement for Sonoma County Airport Expansion
Without a vote, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors directed county staff on September 18, 2012 to negotiate a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with unions and with the input of contractors for the planned $54 million expansion of the runways at the Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport. Supervisors listed numerous items to be addressed in the negotiations […]