Candidates Opposed to Project Labor Agreements Win Key Endorsements in Riverside County, California
The Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper published an editorial (“3 for RCC,” 9/21/10) endorsing three candidates (two incumbents and a candidate running for an open seat) for the board of trustees of the Riverside Community College District, which serves residents of Riverside County, California. The editorial explicitly connected its endorsements to the “fiscal sobriety” of these three […]
Calif. Officials to Spend $1.6 Million to Administer Project Labor Agreement Scheme
Big Labor continues to pick the pockets of taxpayers and students of California’s Riverside Community College (RCC) District. Last week the RCC District Trustees approved spending $1.6 million for staff and consultants to oversee the RCC District’s anti-competitive and costly project labor agreement (PLA) scheme that will govern about $350 million worth of future RCC District construction. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com have […]
Same Principles, Different Place: PLAs in California’s Inland Empire
Reporters for the Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper connected the dots and exposed how construction unions are now trying to use project labor agreements to win control of projects in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties (known as the “Inland Empire” region of California). The March 20, 2010 article “Project Labor Agreements Spark Debate at Three Inland Agencies […]
Another California County Poised to Prohibit PLAs, While the Riverside Community College District Trustees Can’t Help Themselves
Following the lead of Orange and San Diego Counties, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors is poised to take up an ordinance that would prohibit wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on county construction projects. If adopted, three of the four most populous counties in California will have said no to political handouts, and […]
Riverside Press-Enterprise Editorial Calls PLA a Labor Giveaway
The editorial board of the Riverside Press-Enterprise is correct again with their latest editorial opposing the Riverside Community College District project labor agreement (PLA) that is on tonight’s agenda (“Labor Giveaway,” 3/15/10). The Riverside Community College District has a public duty to protect taxpayers’ $350 million investment in new facilities. That duty requires the district to seek […]