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PLA Requirement Withdrawn from Ohio School Construction Projects

1 October 3, 2010  School Construction, State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

In a win for the taxpayers of Ohio, the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) has officially decided not to require contractors to enter into a wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreement (PLA) in order to work on the construction of two new dormitories for the Ohio Schools for the Blind and Deaf. While this development is not wholly unexpected, […]

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ABC Chapter Takes to the Airwaves to Call for OSFC Chief’s Ouster

2 September 9, 2010  School Construction, State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

The Northern Ohio Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors has launched a new radio ad campaign calling on Gov. Ted Strickland (D) to fire embattled Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Executive Director Richard Murray. As TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers know, Murray was the subject of a scathing Aug. 5 report by the Ohio Inspector General’s (IG) office […]

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“The Unions Make Out, But the Rest of Us Don’t”

0 April 12, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

The Baltimore Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors released a new radio ad criticizing Councilman Bill Henry’s proposed legislation to require community partnership agreements, wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements or PLAs by another name, on all city supported projects costing over $5 million. The ad is right on point. This bill won’t create jobs […]

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Switzerland of Ohio School District to Exclude Local Merit Shop Contractors and Workers with Project Labor Agreement

0 May 4, 2009  School Construction, Uncategorized

On Tuesday, the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District, the largest school district in terms of land mass in Ohio, will ask voters to approve a bond to cover costs of building six new school buildings and renovating one over the next three years and a 0.5-mill tax levy to help maintain those structures. According to a […]

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