Are Special Interest Handouts (PLAs) Change We Can Believe In?
The Daily Caller published a great Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, VP of ABC member Nova Group of Napa, CA, criticizing President Obama’s scheme to funnel federal construction contracts to Big Labor via project labor agreements (PLAs) and Executive Order 13502 (“Special interest handouts: Is this the change we can believe in?” 5/14/10). “The president is putting special […]
ABC Member Discusses Federal Project Labor Agreements on Fox Business Network
Last night, David Asman of FOX Business Network’s “America’s Nightly Scoreboard” program interviewed Brett McMahon, vice president of ABC member firm Miller & Long Concrete Construction, about the April 13 final rule implementing President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502. The Obama order strongly encourages federal agencies to steer lucrative construction contracts to […]
PLA Final Rule Takes Effect Today: Let the Waste, Cronyism and Discrimination Begin
Learn how the FAR Council’s regulations implementing President Obama’s pFeb. 6, 2009 ro-PLA Executive Order 13502 will lead to increased costs, reduced competition, unemployment in the construction industry and waste and cronyism in federal construction contracting.
ABC Member on Fox Business to Discuss PLA Final Rule
Tune in to FOX Business Network’s America’s Nightly Scoreboard with David Asman tonight at 7:36 PM EST. Guest Brett McMahon, vice-president of ABC member Miller&Long Concrete Construction will discuss the April 13 final rule implementing President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 that encourages federal agencies to steer lucrative federal construction contracts to union-signatory construction companies. The […]
More Ink on Big Labor Favor
Christopher Neefus at CNSNews.com reports on the April 13 final rule implementing the pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 that encourages federal agencies to steer lucrative federal construction contracts to construction companies signatory to Big Labor (“Obama Gives Unions a ‘Massive Payback’ with Executive Order, Contractors Claim,” 4/30). Interviews with Rep. John Kline (R – Minn.), Brett […]
President Obama Gets Chummy with Big Labor Again
We blogged about how Vice President Joe Biden Bent Over Backwards for Big Labor last week in Washington, D.C. at a Building Construction Trades Department legislative conference. At a 4/27 town hall meeting in Iowa, the White House blew another kiss at Big Labor when President Obama reminded the public of his administration’s persistent support of Big Labor, […]
Project Labor Agreement on the GSA’s St. Elizabeth’s Site Possible
A Washington Post article about the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) multi-billion dollar St. Elizabeth’s federal project in Washington, D.C. piqued the curiosity of a TruthAboutPLAs.com reader (“In St. Elizabeths project, opportunities for many,” 4/26). First, here is some information on the St. Elizabeth’s project: Backhoes scoop thousands of cubic yards of dark brown dirt […]
Why the Final Rule Implementing President Obama’s Project Labor Agreement Executive Order Should Be Challenged
ABC General Counsel Maurice Baskin, Esq., Venable LLP, today released a thorough analysis of the final rule implementing President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009 pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502. The analysis, The Final Rule Implementing the PLA Executive Order: Why it Should Be Challenged, describes why and how the final rule is violating the law. […]
PLA Final Rule “Not Just Highly Controversial, It’s Wrong”
On the April 18 edition of “Cavuto on Business” on FOX Business, Charles Payne moderated a panel discussion on Executive Order 13502 and the Obama administration’s effort to funnel federal construction projects to its Big Labor allies. This is one panel that understands the true nature of wasteful and discrimination project labor agreements: political payback. […]
Spotlight on Big Labor’s ‘Middle Class’ Task Force
A piece by Washington Examiner Commentary Staff Writer Mark Hemingway argues that the, “White House’s Middle Class Task Force is nothing but a shibboleth for instituting a number of expensive pro-union regulatory reforms…” (“Big Labor’s ‘Middle Class’ Task Force,” 4/19). TheTruthAboutPLAs.com reported March 3 that the Feb. 26 report from the White House Middle Class Task […]