The Truth About Project Labor Agreements

…ning factor in awarding publicly-funded construction contracts. “Non-union companies have completed projects this size and magnitude on time and under budget,” she said. “All qualified contractors should be guaranteed equal opportunity for working on this project without discrimination.” Kurtz said her business employs about 50 people, all non-union, and since the “collapse” of the housing market, it has become increasingly difficult for the firm…

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…A on the Rockview prison project. The decision to enter into a PLA for the Rockview prison comes under corrupt questionable circumstances, considering there are very few union members and union contractors operating in the Centre County region according to industry experts and government data. The results of a a labor feasibility study, commissioned by PA DGS, to determine if a PLA is needed for for the Rockview prison project (“Labor Feasibility…

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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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…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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Yesterday, TheTruthAboutPLAs.com’s Ben Brubeck was a guest on IRN/USA News Radio’s News & Views with Chuck and Larry Bates program. Brubeck was invited onto the program to discuss how the free market is being distorted by anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) and President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502, which encourages federal agencies to funnel lucrative federal construction contracts exceeding…

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