We have alerted readers to the dangers of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) which are convoluted ways to force workers to join a union to get work — even in Right to Work states.
The American.com takes an in-depth look at PLAs “under-the-radar efforts at the local and state level to steer lucrative municipal, county, and school district construction projects to union-only shops, especially in jurisdictions where free labor predominates. These vehicles, known as project labor agreements, impose certain labor-friendly requirements on construction of public buildings. Under such strictures, even non-union workers must pay union dues, while non-union contractors have to contribute to union health and pension plans (even if they already offer their own). In addition, non-union workers must be approved by a union before being dispatched to a job, and only union apprentices can work on PLA projects.
“PLAs, says Eric Christen, executive director of the Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction (CFEC), constitute ‘modern day Jim Crow laws that are immoral and have no place in a decent society.’ These agreements, Christen told me, ‘are about raw power being exercised by those in power who favor one group (unions) over another (everyone else).’”
New co-sponsors added to the growing list of members supporting the National Right To Work Act: Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY 02), Sen. Thom Tillis (NC) and Rep Michael Burgess (TX 26). Now there are 78 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives and 21 co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate. Are your Members Of Congress on this list?
Thanks largely to aggressive grass-roots activism by members of the National Right to Work Committee, the number of congressional cosponsors of the forced-dues repeal legislation introduced in the U.S. House and Senate early this year continues to rise. S.525 and H.R.2571, respectively introduced early in the 2019-20 Congress by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), had a combined total of nearly 100 sponsors as this Newsletter went to press in early October. These essentially identical bills would not add a single word to federal labor law. Instead, they would simply repeal the current provisions in the federal code that authorize and promote the termination of employees for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union.
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