Project Labor Agreements (PLA’s) are government-sponsored kickbacks to Big Labor bosses that drive up the cost of publicly-funded construction projects by as much as 25% to the taxpayers. PLA’s limit competitive bidding for project work to construction companies that have…
With California on the brink of bankruptcy, you would think that elected officials would be looking to save taxpayers money rather than paying more than they have to for the cost of construction. You would be wrong.
Radical Big Labor lawyer Craig Becker has been renominated to that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by President Obama. The National Right to Work Committee has opposed the Becker from the start and other groups are joining the chorus. The…
In Indianapolis, local contractors have been shut out of the bidding process to renovate a local hospital. The closed-bid process was foisted on construction plans by the union bosses. By closing competitive bidding, hospital construction costs will be 20 to 30%…
The New York Post is reporting that the New York Mets shelled out nearly $52 million for construction of their new baseball stadium to contractors with ties to the Mafia and labor corruption. Of course, the work was part of…
The construction industry is mired in a slump with more layoffs coming thanks to the demands of the union bosses. Brett McMahon notes in the Washington Examiner: The newest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the construction…
In New Hampshire, the Obama Administration attempted to force a union-only construction contract requirement, known as a Project Labor Agreement (PLA), on a federal construction project. The PLA would have forced workers to pay into union pensions, as well as…
As California goes, so goes the nation — in this case that would be great! It was exciting to see the Orange County Board of as Supervisors (latimes.com) ban the use of forced unionism, Public Labor Agreements for county construction…
Obama’s Big Labor Department announced a $35 million construction project that forces all workers on the project to pay forced union dues or fees and then forces them (through their employer) to contribute to underfunded union administered pension programs. Because…