Congressman Frank Guinta Submits Continuing Resolution Amendment Promoting Fair and Open Competition for the Procurement of Federal Construction Contracts
According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, yesterday U.S. Representative Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) filed an amendment pertaining to government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on the Continuing Resolution legislation currently being debated on the House floor that would fund the federal government from March 4 through Sept. 30, the end of the current federal fiscal year (“Guinta: […]
Manchester’s Stalled Federal Job Corps Center Raised in New Hampshire Gubernatorial Campaign
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation Nov. 2009 for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. The solicitation contained a crony contracting scheme called a project labor agreement (PLA) that would funnel construction contracts to unionized contractors. It was the first time a federal agency attempted a government-mandated PLA on a federal construction project since […]
GSA Admits Jumping the Gun with PLA Gift to Unions?
Washington Examiner Beltway Confidential columnist Barbara Hollingsworth covered the controversial project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal construction project in Washington, D.C. that has been in the news (GSA Admits Jumping the Gun with PLA Gift to Unions, 12/28). The General Services Administration admitted it made a mistake when it placed a non-competitive, cost-raising, union-pleasing Project Labor Agreement […]
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Blunting Big Labor
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review also voiced it’s opposition to wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements in a November 16 editorial titled, “Blunting Big Labor.” Blunting Big Labor Monday, November 16, 2009 Kudos to Ken Holmes for stopping in its tracks taxpayer-funded political payback to organized labor. Mr. Holmes is president of nonunion North Branch Construction in […]
John Stossel on Project Labor Agreements
After John Stossel, the investigative journalist famous from his work on ABC’s 20/20, appeared yesterday on FNC’s Your World with Neil Cavuto to talk about President Obama’s push to use union labor for big federal construction projects via Executive Order 13502 — and the related controversy surrounding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to cancel its […]
AP: DOL N.H. PLA SNAFU
Here’s a Friday recap of the alphabet soup of media coverage of the recent news surrounding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to cancel its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The DOL’s Job Corps Center PLA was believed to be […]
Give Me a Break! John Stossel to Discuss PLAs on Fox News Today
Today John Stossel is going to be on Your World with Neil Cavuto at 4:20 PM EST on Fox News to talk about President Obama’s push to use union labor for big federal projects. Mr. Stossel may shed more light on the recent controversy surrounding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to cancel its solicitation for bids […]
Washington Times: Obama’s Union Drive Stumbles in New Hampshire
Today the Washington Times ran an excellent story summarizing the controversy surrounding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to cancel its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) (Obama’s Union Drive Stumbles in N.H., 11/12). The cancellation came in response to a […]
Labor Department Admits Project Labor Agreement Policy Responsible for Construction Delay
As reported earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC […]
Project Labor Agreement Strings Trip New Hampshire Job Corps Center
ICYMI, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cancelled its solicitation for bids to construct a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H. under a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA). The cancellation came in response to a protest filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by ABC member North Branch Construction of Concord, N.H., with ABC support […]