Marietta, Ohio City Council Says NO to Discriminatory PLA Proposal
On May 13, the Marietta City Council rejected a proposal that would require a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) on the renovation of the former Ohio Bureau of Employment Services building into a new municipal court facility. The May 14 edition of the Marietta Times has a great breakdown (“Council Rejects Labor Pact, […]
Editorial: Workers Should Be Angry About Union Preference
Ohio’s Tribune Chronicle today published an editorial critical of project labor agreements (PLAs) and Executive Order 13502 (“Workers Should Be Angry About Union Preference,” 1/4). Add it to the long list of newspapers across the country opposed to discriminatory and costly government-mandated PLAs. Most construction workers are not members of labor unions. They should be […]
Special Interests Own Lucas County Ohio Commissioners
Readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com know that we have closely followed a proposal before the Lucas County, OH Board of Supervisors that would require PLAs on all county projects valued at $25,000 or greater that receive county funds. Unfortunately, on Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved the PLA proposal, which is sure to discriminate against qualified and local nonunion contractors […]
Back To The Future: The Lucas County PLA Fight
Readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com know that we have closely followed a proposal being consider by the Lucas County, OH Board of Supervisors that would require PLAs on all county projects and those that receive county funds. As the Lucas County PLA fight heats up, it’s like deja vu all over again for Lucas County residents. Great Scott Marty! […]
Lucas County Ohio Project Labor Agreement Vote Delayed Again
Yesterday, the Lucas County (Ohio) Commissioners again deferred a vote on the agenda item, “Incorporating Project Labor Agreements into Bidding Specifications for all County-Supported Projects.” (Download PDF). As TheTruthAboutPLAs.com discussed in a previous post, this sop to Big Labor, led by Commissioner Ben Konop, is an attempt to require discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on […]
Exposing Warped Logic Behind Lucas County (OH) PLA Ordinance
Today, Lucas County (Ohio) Commissioners will discuss an agenda item, “Incorporating Project Labor Agreements into Bidding Specifications for all County-Supported Projects.” (Download PDF). Led by Commissioner Ben Konop, this sop to Big Labor is an attempt to require PLAs on all Lucas County projects. 11/25 Update: Maggie Thurber reports that the Commissioners delayed the vote until […]
Akron School Board Approves PLAs on Future School Projects
On Monday, July 20, the Akron, OH School Board approved the use of wasteful and discriminatory union-only project labor agreements for three of the next five schools scheduled school construction projects. The board decided to require PLAs despite an April budget report from the Ohio School Facilities Commission showing PLAs increased construction costs on Akron’s Leggett Elementary […]
Confusion in Columbus
As we’ve mentioned before, one of the biggest misconceptions about PLAs is that they guarantee a local workforce on construction projects. On May 18, the Columbus, OH City Council adopted a PLA requirement for all city projects. The mandate applies to all new city construction costing over $100,000 and reconstruction or renovation costing over $20,000. […]
Switzerland of Ohio School District to Exclude Local Merit Shop Contractors and Workers with Project Labor Agreement
On Tuesday, the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District, the largest school district in terms of land mass in Ohio, will ask voters to approve a bond to cover costs of building six new school buildings and renovating one over the next three years and a 0.5-mill tax levy to help maintain those structures. According to a […]