Small Business Owner Addresses PLAs and Over Regulation on FOX Business
Small business owner Gus Perea of Collegeville, PA discusses the impact burdensome regulations and red tape have on small businesses across this country on the April 23 edition of America’s Nightly Scoreboard on FOX Business. As the catalyst for economic recovery and job creation in this country, these over regulation is something Gus and others […]
Public Comments on FAR Councils’ Proposed Project Labor Agreement Regs Available
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council’s public comment period on proposed regulations implementing Executive Order 13502 that would expand the use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects closed 9/23. Interested parties can now view some of the public comments here. Additional comments will be uploaded by the government in the coming weeks. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com will post […]
Midnight Deadline to Submit Comments on Federal Project Labor Agreement Proposed Rule
The FAR Council’s comment period on proposed rules that would implement President Obama’s Feb. 6 Executive Order 13502 relating to federal PLAs closes today at midnight. The comment period, which had expired Aug. 13, was reopened with a new deadline of Sept. 23, according to a notice published in the Aug. 24 Federal Register (74 Fed. Reg. […]
Comment Deadline on FAR Councils’ Proposed Rule on Project Labor Agreements and Executive Order 13502 Now Sept. 23
TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has some interesting news related to the federal government’s rulemaking regarding the implementation of discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects. The comment period on proposed rules that would implement President Obama’s Feb. 6 Executive Order 13502 relating to federal PLAs, which had expired Aug. 13, was reopened with a new deadline of Sept. 23, […]
Deadline for Comments on FAR Council’s Proposed Rule on Project Labor Agreements and Executive Order 13502 at 11:59 PM EST Tonight
11:59 PM EST tonight is the deadline for filing comments on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council’s July 14 proposed rule implementing President Obama’s Executive Order 13502. This is the first time that the federal government has issued a rule with the force of law encouraging discriminatory and costly project labor agreement (PLA) requirements on federal construction […]
Participate in the Regulatory Process to Oppose Executive Order 13502 and Project Labor Agreements
If you are reading this entry you are likely a new reader, visting TheTruthAboutPLAs.com because you have heard about the federal government’s latest effort to increase the cost of federal construction projects between 14 percent and 20 percent and create artificial barriers to new jobs for over 84 percent of the U.S. private construction workforce – construction workers that have exercised their right not to belong […]
Legal Questions Surround President Obama’s Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
The following (and attached) press release was issued today by Assocated Builders and Contractors in response to the July 10 policy memorandum by OMB and the proposed rule to implement President Obama’s Executive Order 13502: Legal Questions Surround President Obama’s Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today […]
OMB Encourages Discriminatory and Costly Union-Only PLAs on Federal Construction Projects
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) July 10 issued a policy memorandum to all federal department and agency heads encouraging the use of discriminatory and costly government mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on all federal construction projects. This memorandum comes in advance of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council’s (FAR) proposed rule on President Obama’s […]