Iowa State Representative on Culver Pro-PLA Executive Order
…h encourages state agencies to consider project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction, and also some of Big Labor’s other priority issues in Iowa in 2010. On Executive Order 22 and PLAs: Last week the governor showed one more time that he is more concerned about his base in the labor unions than he is with the taxpayers. The governor announced at a Des Moines meeting of the construction trades group that he was going to issue an executive…
Misfeasance: Ohio IG Report on OSFC PLA Scheme Continues to Gain Traction; Calls for Murray to Resign Grow
…the allegation after an event at the Ohio State Fair. But Shoemaker, an ex-state lawmaker and son of a former lieutenant governor, insisted that his firing was a result of union pressure on the Strickland administration. Shoemaker said he thinks the governor’s office is using him as a scapegoat to deflect the inspector general’s report. [snip] Still, e-mails obtained by The Dispatch show that Strickland’s prepared remarks for a speech at the Cons…
Laura Ingraham and Iowa Small Business Owner Outraged by Obama and Culver Project Labor Agreement Executive Orders
…d a state executive order similar to Executive Order 13502 that applies to state-funded construction projects exceeding $25 million in Iowa. Culver’s Executive Order 22 is viewed by many as a sop to Big Labor in order to obtain Big Labor’s support during his re-election campaign this November. This controversial topic has also been grabbing headlines in recent months. In June, the Iowa University Board of Regents voted 5-4, along party lines, in f…
Culver Campaign Fails to Understand How PLAs Harm Iowa Businesses
…otes from the Culver campaign unwittingly expose that they are working hand-in-hand with Big Labor to promote PLAs, and they aren’t letting facts get in the way of promoting their special interest agenda. Culver’s Executive Order 22 requires all state departments and agencies to consider using PLAs on large-scale construction projects valued at $25 million or more. It is similar to President Obama’s Executive Order 13502, only Obama’s order only a…
Gov. Culver Delivers for Big Labor
…3 Executive Order 22, which encourages state agencies to consider PLAs on state construction projects over $25 million. We knew that the Culver administration was considering PLAs for these projects just days after Executive Order 22 was put to paper. As early as Feb. 16, less than two weeks after Executive Order 22 was issued, the Des Moines Register reported that PLAs would likely be used on these two prison projects. Here is an excerpt from th…
Iowa Governor Culver Issues Executive Order Encouraging PLAs
…ng actions!” Whether it’s legislative liberals who push the repeal of right-to-work, prevailing wage, choice of doctor – all VITAL to the Big Labor agenda – to this governor kowtowing to them through election year conversions, we must stand up to him. Not only that…he’s buttering them up at their own convention! The Iowa Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following news release: The Iowa Chapter of Associated Builders and Co…
Iowa Governor Chet Culver Issues Executive Order Encouraging PLAs
…Moines Register’s Iowa Politics Insider Blog (“Culver: I won’t repeal Right-To-Work Law,” 2/3) and (“Use labor agreements, Culver tells state departments,” 2/2). Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Governor Culver to Sign Executive Order 22 at Labor Convention Tomorrow DES MOINES – Governor Chet Culver will sign Executive Order 22 tomorrow at the Building and Construction Trades Convention. The Executive Order will require all state departments and agencie…
Lawsuit Says Union-Signatory Contractor Excluded by Project Labor Agreement Mandated on Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Scudder Falls Bridge
…ittsburgh, an affiliate of P.J. Dick and Lindy Paving, frequent bidders on state projects saddled with PLA requirements — finally offered to build the bridge after the commission insisted on the PLA. Trumbull’s bid — $396 million — was more than 20% above the high end of the commission’s projected price range. The optics on this project are not great for PLA advocates, who scoff at claims made by PLA opponents that government-mandated PLAs reduce…
Investigation into Ohio School Facilities Commission Continues
…uly 1, more details about the Ohio School Facilities Corporation Executive Director Rich Murray’s efforts to strong arm school districts into requiring wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) are coming to light. Murray’s behavior on behalf of the Strickland administration’s Big Labor allies has led to a recently opened investigation by the Ohio Inspector General’s office in response to complaints from several Ohio school distr…
Ohio School Facilities Commission Controversy – Latest Developments
…estigation and subsequent report was triggered by accusations from several local school officials that Murray not only used his position to pressure school districts into requiring PLAs on school projects, but also allowed union goons to berate local school officials until they agreed to Big Labor’s demands. More information on the IG’s report and the numerous editorial boards that have called for Murray’s resignation are available in our earlier…