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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- Apr 13, 2021
- 11 min
PLAs Block Minority & Women Contractors
The MCA weighed in against a proposed project labor agreement on a new $400 million Holyoke Soldiers' Home. Why is it that lawmakers,...
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- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
PLAs hurt jobsite diversity
We've long argued that blocking 80+% of the construction workforce from bidding and working reduces jobsite diversity. It's a point the...
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