City Should Drop Proposed Apprentice Rule As Court Has Said Measures Violate Federal Law
MCA today provided testimony to the Standing Committee on Economic Development in the City of Worcester. The committee is considering an...
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- Aug 14
- 2 min
PLA Impacts Holyoke Veterans Home Project - Not in a Good Way
Low Number of Bidders, Few Minority- and Women-Owned Firms Bid, & Bids Exceed Estimates Today’s ribbon cutting on the Holyoke Veterans...
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- Jun 8
- 5 min
PLAs Result in Water Shooting Out of Dorm Toilets & 'Shoddy Work' in Mass.
The Joint Committee on State Administration is hearing testimony on legislation to permit project labor agreements on public projects in...
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- Apr 14
- 2 min
Most Construction Workers Are Merit Shop in Mass. & New England
Merit shop construction workers represented 83.8% of the Massachusetts construction workforce in 2022, according to the Union Membership...
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- Feb 6
- 1 min
Hiring Promises Gone with the Wind
The MCA always urges people to check the promises made by proponents of project labor agreements. Those hollow promises include wages,...
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- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Thankful for Our Friends & Supporters
Recognizing 19 Governors Who Stand for Fair & Open Competition In this season of Thanksgiving, we'd like to take a moment to thank all...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
Merit Shop Voices
More than 8,000 public comments were submitted about the draft regulations to implement President Biden's ill-advised executive order...
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- Oct 18, 2022
- 9 min
Biden Policy Hurts America's Construction Workforce
MCA weighed in with a lengthy rebuke of the Biden Administration's mandate of union-only workers on federal construction projects. MCA...
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- Aug 4, 2022
- 1 min
PLAs Block Minority- and Women-Owned Firms
PLAs stop merit shops from bidding, and most minority- and women-owned construction companies are merit shop. It's really that simple....
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
Bill Overreaches by Extending Prevailing Wage to Prefab Facilities
Prefabrication offers the end-user high-quality components assembled in a safe, climate-controlled facility without the delays caused by...
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- Feb 16, 2022
- 1 min
Why Pay to PLAy?
PLAs are not a sound practice for anyone starting a building project. Supporters of PLAs, including President Biden, ignore the basic...
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- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Braintree Saved $1 Million by Losing Court Battle Over PLA
The taxpayers saved more than $1 million in construction costs as a result of the lawsuit brought by MCA and industry allies against the...
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Sparks Fly As Observers Call Out 'Lack of Diversity' in Organized Labor
For all the talk about diversity on the job site, a recent New York Times report suggests organized labor is not delivering. "Can...
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- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Judge Issues Injunction to Block Braintree's Anti-Merit Shop Policy
'I ISSUE A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION requiring the Town of Braintree to open the South Middle School project for rebid without including a...
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Mass. House Endorses Job Discrimination - Again
With a vote of 130-30, the Mass. House of Representatives voted with the required 2/3s majority to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of...
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- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Ongoing Harassment, Nothing New
When non-union contractors win bids on public projects, they can find themselves targeted by union-backed organizations making all sorts...
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- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
Senator Warren All-In on Invading Worker Privacy, Using Coercive Tactics
This is what you get when you ask Senator Elizabeth Warren to consider the many, many negatives of the so-called "PRO Act." It is...
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- May 25, 2021
- 1 min
Gov. Baker Vetoes PLA Mandate
Governor Charlie Baker today line-item vetoed the PLA mandate from the Holyoke Soldiers' Home construction bond bill. This was a win for...
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- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
MCA Urges Line-Item Veto of PLA, a Systemic Barrier to Fair Competition
The Massachusetts Legislature has passed a bill that will stop minority-, women- and veteran-owned contractors from bidding on public...
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- Apr 16, 2021
- 1 min
Boston Herald: Diversity Ownership Colliding with Organized Labor on PLA
A Boston Herald editorial points out that union-backing lawmakers often call for increased participation of minority- and women-owned...
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