Unions Unveil Last-Minute Legislative Schemes in California to End Local Fair and Open Competition Policies and Promote Project Labor Agreements
On the afternoon of September 2 – the Friday before Labor Day weekend – the California State Building and Construction Trades Council finally revealed its plot to terminate local efforts throughout the state to guarantee the best quality construction at the best price for taxpayers. Bills in the California State Legislature were “gutted and amended” […]
WSJ Recognizes ABC Efforts To Fight Crony Contracting
The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore wrote in yesterday’s Political Diary, via FlashReport (“Unions on the Run in the Golden State,” 6/22): It’s rare these days for unions to suffer a political setback, but the California election results in early June were a big defeat. Now a business group that played a key role in the […]
WSJ Editorial: California Voters Rebel Against Project Labor Agreements
In an editorial today, the Wall Street Journal slammed union-favoring project labor agreements (PLAs). Just last week, voters in the San Diego area “voted to prohibit the city from bowing to union demands” and prohibited these discriminatory and costly agreements on municipal construction projects in Chula Vista and Oceanside, California. The WSJ noted that, “From […]
Chula Vista and Oceanside Reject Big Labor Handouts: Proposition G and Measure K Overwhelmingly Approved
Voters in Chula Vista, Calif., and Oceanside, Calif., approved ballot initiatives that prohibit local entities from requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on city-funded construction projects. Chula Vista and Oceanside join the City of Fresno, Orange County and San Diego County in prohibiting PLAs on locally funded work. These two initiatives mark the first time voters […]
Chula Vista and Oceanside Fair and Open Competition Ballot Initiative Update
Voters in both the City of Oceanside and Chula Vista, California each had the opportunity to put an end to the use of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects funded by their cities yesterday. While there are no official results yet, early returns indicate that voters in both cities said NO […]
Fair and Open Competition Proposals on the Ballot TOMORROW in Chula Vista and Oceanside, California
Voters in Chula Vista and Oceanside, California will go to the polls TOMORROW, June 8 and will have the option to say NO to wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs). We strongly encourage everyone living in these communities to make sure their voice is heard. PublicCEO.com covered the fight for open competition in California […]
Local Ballot Initiatives in California Will Protect Fair and Open Competition for Taxpayers: Voters Decide on June 8
The San Diego Union-Tribune, the highest circulated daily newspaper in the San Diego metropolitan area, has endorsed Measure K, which asks Oceanside voters to adopt a charter that includes a ban on project labor agreement (PLA) requirements in city contracts. It also allows the city to establish its own prevailing wage policy for purely municipal […]