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6 days ago
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
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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Mar 19
2 min

'Radical Rewrite of American Labor Law'

The "PRO Act" is the euphemistic acronym for the euphemistically named "Protecting the Right to Organize Act." "The PRO Act is one of the...

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Mar 5
1 min

Merit Shops Employed 83.5% of MA Construction Workforce in 2020

The 2020 stats are in on the Massachusetts construction workforce. Per www.unionstats.com, 83.5% of construction workers in...

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Feb 16
1 min

'Open shops are 20-30 percent less expensive than union shops'

Merit shop contractors offer many benefits to their clients over what their union competitors provide. Maximizing construction dollars...

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Dec 19, 2020
1 min

After hiatus, the PLA may be back ...

The Project Labor Agreement has been out of favor for a while on the federal and state level. Sure, there are a few here and there in...

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Oct 14, 2020
2 min

Union official: 'PLAs aren't in the best interest of taxpayers'

This took guts. A construction union official is publicly calling for the elimination of union-only project labor agreements. He says...

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Sep 14, 2020
6 min

Please, Pawtucket Pass on PLAs

The following is the text of a letter sent Sept. 14 to the Pawtucket, RI, school committee arguing against the imposition of a union-only...

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Jul 17, 2020
1 min

Affordable Housing Loses - Again

The PLA-burdened Winthop Tower project has stalled and developers are scaling way back. As a result, the city has lost $26 million in...

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Jul 14, 2020
2 min

'PLAs have been anything but a benefit to the community'

The Merit Construction Alliance has long held that project labor agreements discriminate against non-union construction workers by...

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Jul 9, 2020
2 min

Kennedy, Markey Embrace PLAS that 'harm nonunion African American firms and construction workers'

It's easy to understand the political expedience for left-leaning politicians to embrace organized labor and project labor agreements...

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May 11, 2020
1 min

Four-Step Plan to Reopen

Safety Standards Will Guide Four-Phase Reopening [Story Developing] The first wave of businesses shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic could...

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May 5, 2020
3 min

MCA's Input to MA Reopening Advisory Board

The state's Reopening Advisory Board is inviting public comment on four key questions here. "On April 28, Governor Baker announced the...

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Mar 26, 2020
1 min

State Issues Guide for Working Safely During COVID-19 Crisis

While Governor Baker has identified construction as an essential service during the state of emergency, contractors are taking steps to...

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Mar 23, 2020
1 min

Construction is an essential service

A review of Governor Baker's list of COVID-19 Essential Services, issued March 23, 2020, shows construction is considered an essential...

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Mar 19, 2020
3 min

Cambridge Joins Boston to Stop Construction

Cambridge, Mass., has followed Boston in banning construction during the state of emergency. Nationwide, Boston was the fist to stop...

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Mar 17, 2020
1 min

Favoritism At the Expense of Affordable Housing

Developers who bend to pressure to build union-only on private projects are costing the state opportunities to add affordable housing at...

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Feb 10, 2020
1 min

Study: CT Taxpayers Pay Million$ More for PLA School Construction

Connecticut taxpayers overpaid by many millions of dollars for public school construction between 2001 and 2019 because of so-called...

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Jan 31, 2020
2 min

The Cost of Construction: Price Increases on Worcester Ballpark

As if the City of Worcester needed another reason to reject calls for union-only construction of the new ballpark and surrounding...

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Jan 28, 2020
2 min

Higher Cap Adds Flexibility at School Building Authority

The state can now invest $800 million in school construction annually, thanks to new legislation signed by Gov. Charlie Baker. All...

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