Workers Injured on San Fran Union-Only Construction Jobsite Financed by Union Pension Fund
Last week four union construction workers were seriously injured in an accident at the $40 million Potrero Launch apartment project in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood (“Four hospitalized after SF construction accident,” 8/31/11): The roof support structure gave way and collapsed onto three workers below, who were in a stairwell on the sixth floor, he said. […]
Report Documents Safety Problems on PLA Projects
As part of our ongoing series publishing the truth about government-mandated projects labor agreements (PLAs), here is a chapter documenting Safety Problems on PLA Projects from Maury Baskin’s Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition). VI. Safety Problems on PLA Projects The public record also does not support claims of […]
Report Documents the Public Record of Poor Performance of Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
Proponents of anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) use a variety of misleading arguments to convince public officials that granting union-signatory contractors and union labor a virtual monopoly on public construction projects through PLAs is in the public’s best interest. If public officials have not already been influenced by the cycle of PLA […]
Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements Have a Dismal Record of Performance, Report Says
Below is a story from ABC’s Newsline about a new report of interest to TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers and the merit shop construction community. Be sure to give Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2011 Edition) a read. Government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) negatively impact construction project costs, competition, timeliness, quality, safety and […]
Evidence That Project Labor Agreements Do Not Guarantee a Safer Workplace
Big Labor Bosses and their hand-picked political puppets claim that anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) are in the public’s best interest. In reality, PLAs are crony contracting schemes implemented by corrupt elected officials that funnel lucrative public works contracts to union contractors and their union employees in exchange for political support. Taxpayers are […]