Kevin Dayton: Project Labor Agreement is Costly Sellout to Union
The August 5 edition of the Contra Costa Times features an outstanding op-ed written by www.truthaboutPLAs.com blogger Kevin Dayton blasting the three members of the Brentwood City Council who voted to require a wasteful and discriminatory PLA on the construction of their new Civic Center. Here is an excerpt: The Brentwood City Council’s new PLA effectively cuts […]
Brentwood Residents Speaking Out Against PLAs
A July 6 letter to the editor to the Contra Costa Times hits the proverbial nail right on the head. Here’s an excerpt: This [PLA] not only violates the tenets of fairness but places the government in a position of essentially favoring one set of bidders over another. The scale of justice is weighted in […]
California: Brentwood City Council Approves PLA on Civic Center
On 6/19, the Brentwood, California City Council agreed to a project labor agreement (PLA) that will govern the construction of its $65 million downtown Civic Center. You can learn more about the unfortunate decision and details of the discriminatory and costly PLA here and here. This article provides a concise overview of the events leading up to […]