ABC Member Tells the Truth About Project Labor Agreements on FOX News
Today the FOX News Channel’s Fox & Friends program sat down with Brett McMahon, VP of ABC member Miller & Long Concrete Construction, to discuss discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) and President Obama’s Executive Order 13502.
ABC Member to CBN.com: Executive Order 13502 Threatens Jobs
In a September 14th interview with CBN News, Brett McMahon of ABC member Miller & Long Concrete Construction calls Executive Order 13502 a “solution in search of a problem” and notes that project labor agreements show “unions are willing to sacrifice employment in general for their own individual gain.” Here at TheTruthAboutPLAs, we absolutely agree. Check […]
Construction Union Pension Plans and Project Labor Agreements
A column in the Washington Examiner by Irwin Steltzer, a senior fellow and director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Economic Studies, discusses how Big Labor’s push for the hallucinegenically-named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is primarily a strategy to steady struggling union pension plans (“Irwin Stelzer: Unions need growth to save unfunded pensions,” 9/4). The article is […]
ABC Contractor Discusses Negative Impact of Project Labor Agreements with Fox Business Channel
Brett McMahon of Miller & Long Concrete (Washington, DC) discusses the negative impact of project labor agreements (PLAs) and President Obama’s Executive Order 13502 on construction businesses with Fox Business Channel’s 9/3 “Happy Hour” program. Miller & Long is the largest concrete contractor in the U.S. and was named the number one concrete construction company in […]
Citizens of Chula Vista Will Vote on Fair and Open Competition Ordinance
The ABC San Diego Chapter announced on August 14 that the San Diego County Registrar of Voters had determined there were enough signatures for a Fair and Open Competition Ordinance voter initiative to qualify for the June 8, 2010 ballot. This ordinance would ensure that all responsible and capable contractors would be encouraged to bid […]
CNN Calls Project Labor Agreements and Executive Order 13502 a Massive Windfall for Organized Labor
Yesterday was the deadline for regulatory comments in response to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council’s proposed rule to implement Executive Order 13502 regarding the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects. Relying on factual evidence and industry experience, numerous trade associations and hundreds of ABC contractors yesterday submitted comments in strong opposition […]
FOX News Report Exposes Union Greenmail
During the August 7 edition of FOX News’ Happening Now, William La Jeunesse exposes union attempts to monopolize green construction through exploiting state and local environmental permitting processes – a tactic known as greenmail. Don’t be fooled by Big Labor’s attempts to portray themselves as protectors of the environment. As this report shows, the […]
PLA Video Archives
It’s time we visited the PLA video archives. Although dated, this video was produced to explain the negative impact of a proposed PLA on a new arena for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. The Memphis Grizzlies arena project was built on time and on budget without a costly and discriminatory PLA. Happy 4th of July Weekend.
ABC of California Appears on FOX News and Union Greenmail Exposed by New York Times
Following The New York Times piece exposing greenmail — a union tactic to hijack green construction and implement wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements on energy related projects in California (“Labor Sees Green in Solar Plants in California: A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants,” 6/19) — FOX News Channel’s Neil Cavuto did […]
One Special Interest at a Time: GOP Chairman Michael Steele Notes on Meet the Press that President Obama may not have Time to Address “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but he Found Time to Encourage PLAs on Federal Construction
On the May 17 edition of Meet the Press, David Gregory asked DNC Chairman and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine about President Obama’s lack of action on the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Governor Kaine said the President simply hadn’t gotten to it yet. Chairman Steele’s response hit the nail on the head. GOV. KAINE: […]