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San Diego Unified School District PLA Reduced Competition and Increased Costs

0 December 9, 2011  School Construction, State & Local Construction

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 […]

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San Diego Voters Have the Chance to End Taxpayer-funded Handouts

0 November 2, 2010  School Construction, State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

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 […]

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San Diego Continues Paying Price for Job-Killing PLAs

0 March 4, 2010  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

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 […]

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San Diego Unified PLA Debacle: First Project Bid With A PLA Fails On All Counts

0 February 5, 2010  School Construction, State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

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 […]

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National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Challenges Proposition S PSA Requirement

0 October 14, 2009  State & Local Construction, Uncategorized

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 […]

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