Editorial Praises Passage of Lancaster County Fairness in Contracting Legislation
An editorial in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal supports Wednesday’s passage of legislation by Lancaster County Commissioners that will help taxpayers get the best possible construction product at the best possible price. The measure prohibits Lancaster County from mandating anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) schemes that have been harming Pennsylvania’s construction industry and Keystone taxpayers thanks to […]
Lancaster County, PA Bans PLAs on Locally-Funded Projects
In a move designed to defend taxpayers against potential future wasteful and discriminatory Big Labor handouts, Lancaster County, PA commissioners approved a measure that will prohibit project labor agreements (PLAs) on locally-funded construction projects. Here is a quote that sums up the issue by the measure’s sponsor, Chairman Scott Martin, as reported by FOX43 WPMT: […]
Another Community Bans Wasteful and Discriminatory PLAs!
Another community has said no to Big Labor handouts and higher costs for taxpayer funded construction. The City Council of Lewisville, Texas voted 5-0 to prohibit the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on city funded work. Text for the ordinance is based on the Chula Vista, California ballot initiative to prohibit government-mandated PLAs, which was approved by […]