Minority Contractor Speaks Out Against Proposed Baltimore City PLA Requirement
Minority contractor Harold Scott speaks out against proposed legislation to require community partnership agreements, otherwise known as wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs), on Baltimore City construction projects worth over $5 million in an editorials titled, “Baltimore Bill Hurts Minority Workers,” published April 7 by The Baltimore Sun. Here are the highlights: This bill […]
Alaska Governor Criticized About Inaction Against PLAs
An opinion piece by Dan Fagen of the Alaska Standard takes Alaska Governor Sean Parnell to task for not standing up against discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) (“Parnell refuses to do the right thing,” 3/15) There are times when something is so obviously wrong and immoral, that when a politician refuses to do something […]
San Diego Continues Paying Price for Job-Killing PLAs
A March 1 San Diego Daily Transcript Op-Ed by Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction’s (CFEC) Eric Christen slams wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) for their negative impact on job growth. Here are the highlights (Links added): Unemployment stands at 12.4 percent. The state is facing un-ending multi-billion dollar deficits. The city of […]
A Bridge to Albany’s Spoils System?
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has followed the Lake Champlain Bridge project labor agreement (PLA) controversy closely (“Update on Lake Champlain Bridge Project Labor Agreement Controversy,” 2/27 and “A Bridge to Government Waste and Discrimination,” 2/16). The Plattsburgh, N.Y. Press Republican published an Op-Ed today opposing the Lake Champlain Bridge PLA by Becky Meinking, president of ABC Empire State (“Spoils […]
Iowa State Representative on Culver Pro-PLA Executive Order
In a Feb. 9 guest column in the Des Moines Register, State Representative Ralph Watts offers his thoughts on Governor Chet Culver’s Executive Order 22, which encourages state agencies to consider project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction, and also some of Big Labor’s other priority issues in Iowa in 2010. On Executive Order 22 […]
Project Labor Agreements Kill Jobs and Waste Federal Resources
Two recent magazine columns have asserted that President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 is incongruous with the administration’s recent re-focus on policy solutions that will create jobs. January government data indicates that the construction industry is suffering from 24.7 percent unemployment. But critics argue that anti-competitive PLAs increase construction costs and result in fewer construction projects built for the […]
Op-Ed Critical of Fed Gift to Big Labor in California
The Napa Valley Register ran an Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, vice-president of ABC member Nova Group in Napa, CA, that is critical of president Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 and other special interest giveaways to Big Labor that will kill jobs and increase wasteful federal spending (“Stopping the blows to construction industry,” 2/12/10). Of […]
Obradovich: Show You’re Not Playing Politics, Governor
Iowa’s political commentators are weighing-in on Governor Chet Culver’s Executive Order 22, which encourages state agencies and departments to consider project labor agreements (PLAs) on state construction. Des Moines Register columnist Kathie Obradovich is the latest to enter the fray with her op-ed published February 4 titled, “Show You’re Not Playing Politics, Governor.” Here’s an […]
Union Giveaways That Will Hit Your Wallet
The Washington Times ran an Op-Ed by Brett McMahon, vice-president of ABC member Miller & Long Concrete Construction, documenting a number of backroom deals that the White House and Congress cut with Big Labor that will harm private sector job creation and small businesses while giving Big Labor a big advantage (“Yet Another Reason to Oppose Obamacare: Union Giveaways That […]
Op-Ed: Tis the Season for Construction Job Loss Caused by Politics
The Washington Examiner published an Op-Ed by Brett McMahon of ABC member Miller & Long Concrete that discusses gifts to Big Labor like Executive Order 13502 that will harm the economic health of the construction industry during this holiday season (“‘Tis the season for construction job loss caused by politics,” 12/24). While many are receiving gifts this holiday […]