Riverside Press Enterprise

Calif. Officials to Spend $1.6 Million to Administer Project Labor Agreement Scheme

0 June 28, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

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 […]

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Same Principles, Different Place: PLAs in California’s Inland Empire

0 March 23, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

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 […]

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Riverside Press-Enterprise Editorial Calls PLA a Labor Giveaway

0 March 15, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

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 […]

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