ABC Backs Bill Targeting Costly Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreement Schemes
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) issued a press release in support of Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-Ariz.) Fair and Open Competition Act (FOCA) (S. 622). As described in the press release below and in Senator Flake’s press release, S. 622 will prohibit federal agencies and recipients of federal funding from mandating project labor agreements (PLAs) or using PLA preferences during […]
USACE Fort Worth District Project Labor Agreement Due March 17
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on construction to expand the Western Currency Facility Production and Access in Fort Worth, Texas. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. […]
USACE Baltimore District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due March 8
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract for the continued construction on the lateral expansion of Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to […]
Obama’s Pro-Project Labor Agreement Executive Order Promotes Waste on Federally Assisted Construction Contracts. Rescind it.
The media has reported that the White House has compiled a list of about 50 infrastructure spending projects totaling at least $137.5 billion as a first step in following through on President Trump’s campaign promise to renew America’s crumbling highways, airports, dams and bridges. A preliminary list of infrastructure investment priorities provided by the Trump […]
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Construction Union Membership Increased Slightly
According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual union membership report released Jan. 26, 2017, the 2016 union membership rate (i.e., the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions) increased slightly from 13.2 percent to 13.9 percent of the U.S. private construction workforce. Construction unions added 99,000 members in a year-over-year comparison, and the construction […]
2017 Update: ABC’s Fight Against Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
In 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13502, which encourages federal agencies to mandate project labor agreements (PLAs) on large-scale federal construction projects exceeding $25 million in total cost on a case-by-case basis. Many merit shop advocates of fair and open competition predicted the order would steer billions of dollars’ worth of federal construction contracts to […]
Courts Rule in Favor of #NoPLA Laws Promoting Fair and Open Competition
Proponents of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) have unsuccessfully challenged federal and state laws and executive orders that prevent lawmakers and agencies from imposing anti-competitive and costly union-favoring PLA requirements on taxpayer-funded construction projects. When mandated by government entities, PLAs have a dismal track record of increasing costs, reducing competition, and discriminating against experienced construction companies […]
USACE Savannah District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due Dec. 11
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for large scale construction contracts (exceeding $25 million) within the Savannah District Design/Construction Boundaries. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. […]
USACE New York District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due Dec. 7, 2016
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of a waste water treatment plant on the West Point Military Reservation in West Point, New York. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community […]
USACE Alaska District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due Nov. 23, 2016
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Alaska District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for the EIE376 project to construct an F-35A Hangar/Propulsion MX/Dispatch at Eielson Airforce Base, Alaska. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this […]