April 2023 Update: ABC’s Fight Against Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements Intensifies
…ith the support of ABC, filed five Government Accountability Office bid protests against PLAs mandated by four different federal agencies on large-scale federal construction projects. In each instance, federal agencies abandoned the PLA requirements after GAO officials suggested they violate federal contracting laws in specific circumstances. The most recent GAO bid protest victory, against a PLA mandate on a U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Cen…
December 2023 Update: ABC’s Fight Against Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
…ith the support of ABC, filed five Government Accountability Office bid protests against PLAs mandated by four different federal agencies on large-scale federal construction projects. In each instance, federal agencies abandoned the PLA requirements after GAO officials suggested they violate federal contracting laws in specific circumstances. The most recent GAO bid protest victory, against a PLA mandate on a U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps Cen…
United States Army Corps of Engineers Requests Information on Project Labor Agreements
…lenged” by ABC general council Maurice Baskin, Esp., Venable LLP. This document argues that the Obama Administration’s actions and the FAR Council’s final rule violate federal procurement laws; discriminate against 85 percent of the construction industry workforce and many small businesses; and hurt taxpayers. Here is a blog post about this document. Thanks for taking the time to respond to these surveys. Your responses will help maintain an open…
United States Army Corps of Engineers Requests Information on Project Labor Agreements for Alabama and Hawaii Projects
…ict; at Fort Campbell in Kentucky; and at the Newtown/Bridgeport Armed Forces Reserve Centerin Danbury, Connecticut. A number of construction stakeholders responded to these surveys. Here are ABC National’s responses to the USACE’s RFI on PLAs in these markets: Letter to USACE Louisville concerning Danbury, CT project (11/4/10) Letter to USACE Louisville concerning Ft. Campbell, KY area projects (11/1/10) Letter to USACE Savannah District (10/28/1…
United States Army Corps of Engineers Requests Information on Project Labor Agreements for Ft. Worth District
…he contracting community. The USACE removed a PLA mandate on the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Camden, N.J. following a legal challenge and robust grassroots response from the construction stakeholders. Thanks for taking the time to respond to these surveys. Your responses will help maintain an open and competitive environment that will allow all qualified contractors to fairly compete for contracts to build the best possible construction project…
United States Army Corps of Engineers Requests Information on Project Labor Agreements for New Mexico and South Carolina Construction Projects
…he contracting community. The USACE removed a PLA mandate on the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Camden, N.J. following a legal challenge and robust grassroots response from the construction stakeholders. Thanks for taking the time to respond to these surveys. Your responses will help maintain an open and competitive environment that will allow all qualified contractors to fairly compete for contracts to build the best possible construction project…
United States Army Corps of Engineers Requests Information on Project Labor Agreements for West Point Construction in New York
…he contracting community. The USACE removed a PLA mandate on the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Camden, N.J. following a legal challenge and robust grassroots response from the construction stakeholders. Thanks for taking the time to respond to these surveys. Your responses will help maintain an open and competitive environment that will allow all qualified contractors to fairly compete for contracts to build the best possible construction project…
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com Calls For Eliminating Pro-Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreement Policy on Fox Business
…ars just to get a permit approved for a simple road? I am asking both parties to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable, and modern infrastructure our economy needs and our people deserve. Tonight, I am calling on the Congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion for the new infrastructure investment we need. Every Federal dollar should be leveraged by partnering with State and local governments and, where appropriate…
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com Radio Appearance on Greenmail and Project Labor Agreements in California
…ed this story here, here and here last week and Kevin Dayton wrote an interesting piece about it for The Fox and Hounds Daily blog (“What Budget Crisis? Greenmailing The Northern California Power Agency,” 10/29). This broadcast can be heard on the radio from Chico to Merced in the Central Valley and even in some parts of the East Bay and North Bay. You can also listen to this broadcast by visitng the web site below and clicking the “Listen Live” l…
Happy Halloween From TheTruthAboutPLAs.com
…require them to sign union agreements. Analysis by numerous academic studies of public construction projects indicate PLA mandates increase the cost of construction between 12 percent and 18 percent when compared to similar projects not subject to a PLA mandate. This holds true even when construction workers are paid government-determined prevailing wage and benefit rates. Four graveyards, dungeons and mad scientist laboratories for the price of…