The Truth About Project Labor Agreements

…Thanks to BigGovernment.com and Liberty Chick for helping to expose the truth about PLAs. Visit here for our recent rundown of California PLA activity as well. UPDATE: Ivan Osorio from the Competitive Enterprise Institute also covered this story on their blog www.openmarkets.org in a post titled, “The High Cost of Project Labor Agreements.”…

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…ent which also called for repeal of President Obama’s pro-PLA regulations (Commentary: The Only Way Trump Can Improve U.S. Infrastructure, 1/31/18): Off the bat, the administration should target regulations that needlessly drive up the cost of federally funded projects. These include the Davis-Bacon Act and project labor agreements, which significantly increase labor costs. Protectionist laws that further increase costs and limit competition, such…

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…hensible vote on November 2 of the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) commissioners to approve a PLA for the $450 million Lodi Energy Center (including, much to the delight of Big Labor, a $90,000 direct and immediate payoff to a union slush fund) to avoid CURE’s attempts to delay the project. The TruthAboutPLAs.com covered this story here, here and here last week and Kevin Dayton wrote an interesting piece about it for The Fox and Hounds Dai…

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…Don’t be tricked by attacks on government-mandated PLAs by PLA advocates, get the truth here. Learn more about the impact of PLAs on cost and competition here. Happy Halloween from TheTruthAboutPLAs.com…

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…Election Day. We need smart leadership and government accountability without delay. So go forth, spread the good news of PLA-free fair competition To every school board, state chamber and county commission. Some parting words from TheTruthAboutPLAs.com before we continue the good fight, “Merry Christmas and free enterprise to all, and to all a good-night!”…

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…lection Day, We need smart leadership and government accountability without delay. So go forth, spread the good news of PLA-free fair competition, To every school board, state chamber and county commission. Some parting words from TheTruthAboutPLAs.com before we continue the good fight, “Merry Christmas and free enterprise to all, and to all a good-night!”…

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…In a September 14th interview with CBN News, Brett McMahon of ABC member Miller & Long Concrete Construction calls Executive Order 13502 a “solution in search of a problem” and notes that project labor agreements show “unions are willing to sacrifice employment in general for their own individual gain.” Here at TheTruthAboutPLAs, we absolutely agree. Check out the interview below….

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…xecutive and member of the Associated Builders and Contractors industry group. Brett McMahon’s assessment of PLAs is on the money and so is Forbes.com when it comes to reporting about costly and discriminatory PLAs….

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RedState.com is the latest media outlet to expose Executive Order 13502, which encourages the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction over $25 million. It is a handout to Big Labor at the expense of American taxpayers. In a September 1 post, RedState.com’s Erick Erickson calls the executive order “appalling and “an astonishing reach.” We couldn’t agree more. Here are the highlights: Barack Obama and his administration are a…

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…construction projects. That’s a lot of wear and tear, so TheTruthAboutPLAs.com needed a facelift. It’s Alive! TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, that is. We hope you like the new look. Our goal is to provide visitors with the same informative content via a new user-friendly experience. The updated layout allows users to browse the latest blog posts; sort information based on topic area; and see the most common arguments against PLA mandates so you can promote…

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