San Diego Unified School District PLA Reduced Competition and Increased Costs
On Dec. 7, 2011, TheTruthAboutPLAs.com explained how government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) reduce competition and increase costs. Yesterday, the Free Enterprise Coalition released this press release (see below) about documents recently obtained from the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). They prove government-mandated PLAs reduce competition and increase costs. Note: SDUSD calls these union agreements Project Stabilization […]
San Diego Voters Have the Chance to End Taxpayer-funded Handouts
San Diego County voters have the chance to end taxpayer-funded handouts to Big Labor today, as Proposition A is on the ballot for voters to consider. Proposition A would solidify a ban on government-mandated project labor agreements on county-supported projects. More information on Proposition A is available in our earlier posts. Also, check out ABC […]
San Diego County Voters Will Have Chance to Ban PLAs on County Construction Projects
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted on July 13 to “put the people in charge” and “give voters a voice” by placing a measure (now designated as Proposition A) on the November 2 ballot that would amend the county’s charter to prohibit the county from entering into contracts that require contractors to sign […]
Rick Amato and Scott Crosby Talk PLAs in San Diego
San Diego KCBQ AM 1170’s Rick Amato talks project labor agreements (PLAs) with Scott Crosby, president of Associated Builders and Contractor’s San Diego Chapter on the March 4 edition of the Rick Amato Show. It’s great radio and they really do an outstanding job of touching on why PLAs are a bad deal for San […]
San Diego Continues Paying Price for Job-Killing PLAs
A March 1 San Diego Daily Transcript Op-Ed by Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction’s (CFEC) Eric Christen slams wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) for their negative impact on job growth. Here are the highlights (Links added): Unemployment stands at 12.4 percent. The state is facing un-ending multi-billion dollar deficits. The city of […]
Top Union Official In San Diego Believes Voters Don’t Get it!
Several polls taken in San Diego County over the past year consistently indicate that more than 90 percent of voters agree with the very basic statement that taxpayers get the best quality construction for the best price when contracts are bid under fair and open competition, without requirements that contractors must sign special agreements with […]
San Diego Open Competition Effort Gains Momentum In The Media
As we reported yesterday, the San Diego Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to draft a ballot initiative for voters to consider that would ban wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements on county construction. This move comes in response to Big Labor’s increasingly blatant efforts to monopolize local work in San Diego County. We noted yesterday […]
San Diego Unified PLA Debacle: First Project Bid With A PLA Fails On All Counts
Remember the San Diego Unified School District’s (SDUSD) corrupt move to require project labor agreements (PLAs) on all construction projects funded by the voter-approved $2.1 billion proposition S? Big Labor said the PLAs would help control costs and guarantee a local workforce. As predicted, the PLA has already failed to deliver on Big Labor’s promises: WINNING […]
Drive To Bring Open Competition Amendment To San Diego Voters Begins
Not to be outdone by their neighbors in Chula Vista, San Diego residents – led by City Councilman Carl DeMaio – kicked off their campaign to bring fair and open competition to San Diego’s city contracting. Construction stakeholders gathered with Councilman DeMaio to start the drive to gather the 96,000 signatures needed to put the […]
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Challenges Proposition S PSA Requirement
The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is getting more resistance to their effort to discriminate against the vast majority of California’s private construction workforce that decided not to join a labor union. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed a claim against the SDUSD arguing that the project stabilization agreement (PSA […]