Project Labor Agreement Survey For Veterans Affairs Tampa Hospital Due March 25
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract to build a new hospital bed tower at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, FL. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell the […]
USACE PLA Survey For Dredging Projects in SEC States Due April 26
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District has issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on large-scale federal contracts for dredging coastal and inland waterways in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. To review and respond to the survey, click here. All responses must be submitted […]
USACE PLA Survey For Florida’s Duke Field Due March 15
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile, Ala., District has issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a large-scale construction project at Duke Field, commonly known as the Auxiliary Field #3, at Eglin Air Force Base in Oskaloosa County, Florida. The project will consist […]
USACE Issues PLA Survey for Project at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida Due Dec. 21
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile, Ala. District has issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a large-scale construction project at Duke Field, commonly known as the Auxiliary Field #3, at Eglin Air Force Base in Oskaloosa County, Florida. To review and respond […]
Respond to PLA Survey for USACE Project at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey requesting comments from the construction industry on the potential use of a project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of the SOF Joint Special Operations University at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. […]
Workers Injured on San Fran Union-Only Construction Jobsite Financed by Union Pension Fund
Last week four union construction workers were seriously injured in an accident at the $40 million Potrero Launch apartment project in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood (“Four hospitalized after SF construction accident,” 8/31/11): The roof support structure gave way and collapsed onto three workers below, who were in a stairwell on the sixth floor, he said. […]
Open Competition Legislation on the Move!
There have been some big developments for proponents of fair and open competition around the country. It is clear that taxpayers from sea to shining sea are sick of their hard earned tax dollars funding special interest handouts in the form of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs). Last week, lawmakers in Idaho cleared […]
Labor Secretary Solis Promotes Project Labor Agreements at Big Labor’s Infamous Hotel Boondoggle
It is no secret that U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis supports anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects. On Nov. 9, 2010, Solis made these remarks in support of PLAs and President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 to the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing […]
Federal Project Labor Agreement Removed from Army Project in Los Alamitos, California
Another costly and discriminatory government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) has been removed from a federal construction project thanks to grassroots participation from the construction community, concerned taxpayers, ABC members and their employees. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) removed a PLA from the bid solicitation for the construction of a $25 million to $100 million Army […]
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Eliminates Project Labor Agreement Gift to Big Labor
ABC members, employees and concerned taxpayers helped defeat a costly and discriminatory provision within the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) solicitation for construction services that mandated a project labor agreement (PLA) on a $100 million to $250 million technical applications center at Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County, Fla. Below is a news release (pdf) […]