Participate in the Regulatory Process to Oppose Executive Order 13502 and Project Labor Agreements
If you are reading this entry you are likely a new reader, visting TheTruthAboutPLAs.com because you have heard about the federal government’s latest effort to increase the cost of federal construction projects between 14 percent and 20 percent and create artificial barriers to new jobs for over 84 percent of the U.S. private construction workforce – construction workers that have exercised their right not to belong […]
Legal Questions Surround President Obama’s Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
The following (and attached) press release was issued today by Assocated Builders and Contractors in response to the July 10 policy memorandum by OMB and the proposed rule to implement President Obama’s Executive Order 13502: Legal Questions Surround President Obama’s Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today […]
Contractor Groups Slam Obama Administration Memo and Proposed Rule Encouraging PLAs on Federal Construction
In a July 13 BNA article covering the Obama administration’s July 10 memo encouraging PLAs on federal construction and proposed rule to implement Executive Order 13502, contractor groups voiced united opposition to the administration’s attempt to exclude 84 percent of the U.S. private construction workforce from competing for federal projects. Here are the highlights: From […]
OMB Encourages Discriminatory and Costly Union-Only PLAs on Federal Construction Projects
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) July 10 issued a policy memorandum to all federal department and agency heads encouraging the use of discriminatory and costly government mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on all federal construction projects. This memorandum comes in advance of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council’s (FAR) proposed rule on President Obama’s […]