Independent Study Confirms Project Labor Agreements Increase Costs and Delay Affordable Housing Projects
A new study on the effects of controversial government-mandated project labor agreements on taxpayer-funded affordable housing projects found that the total development costs of projects subject to PLAs were 21% more expensive, on average, than non-PLA projects. The study also found that the PLA projects took 27% longer to complete, on average, compared to similar […]
Delays and Increased Costs: The Truth about the Failed PLA on the GSA’s Headquarters at 1800 F Street
New documents recently uncovered via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request prove a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) initially used on a large-scale federal construction project—the Phase 1 modernization of the General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters at 1800 F Street Building in Washington, D.C.—led to increased costs and needless delays in the procurement process. […]
Report Documents Construction Delays on PLA Projects
As part of our ongoing series publishing the truth about government-mandated projects labor agreements (PLAs), here is a chapter documenting Construction Delays on PLA Projects from Maury Baskin’s Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition). IV. Construction Delays on PLA Projects Another argument often made in support of government-mandated PLAs […]
Report Documents the Public Record of Poor Performance of Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
Proponents of anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) use a variety of misleading arguments to convince public officials that granting union-signatory contractors and union labor a virtual monopoly on public construction projects through PLAs is in the public’s best interest. If public officials have not already been influenced by the cycle of PLA […]