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 […]
PLA Basics: Unions Offer Project Labor Agreements as a Solution to Strikes Created by Union Members
Construction unions market union-only PLAs as a tool to construction owners to guarantee labor peace on construction projects. Unions know that strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns and other labor unrest can shut down a jobsite and delay the opening of a project, potentially costing construction owners lost revenue. Union negotiators leverage the threat of union-led strikes […]