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 […]
First Project Labor Agreement Under Obama Administration Cancelled
We have breaking news about the controversial U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Job Corps Center that has been covered numerous times here at TheTruthAboutPLAs.com. Below is a news release from ABC National. New Release ABC Defeats Unlawful and Discriminatory New Hampshire Construction Contract Move Comes in Response to ABC Member Protest Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors […]
Op-Ed: Favoring Unions Hurts Taxpayers
In an op-ed titled, “Favoring Unions Hurts Taxpayers,” in the November 5 edition of the Tampa Bay Tribune, ABC Gulf Coast Chapter President Steve Cona, Jr. notes that President Obama’s Executive Order 13502 could keep 97 percent of Florida’s private construction workforce from building projects paid for with their own tax dollars. Executive Order 13502 […]
Contractor “Sidelined” by Big Labor’s Project Labor Agreement Payback
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran an excellent Q & A interview with Ken Holmes, President of ABC member company North Branch Construction of Concord, New Hampshire (“Sidelined by Unions’ Payback,” 10/31). Holmes filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office about the discriminatory and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the new U.S. Department of […]