Oct 142 minUnion 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 PL...
Sep 146 minPlease, 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...
Jul 171 minAffordable Housing Loses - AgainThe PLA-burdened Winthop Tower project has stalled and developers are scaling way back. As a result, the city has lost $26 million in aff...
Jul 142 min'PLAs have been anything but a benefit to the community'The Merit Construction Alliance has long held that project labor agreements discriminate against non-union construction workers by mandat...
Jul 92 minKennedy, Markey Embrace PLAS that 'harm nonunion African American firms and construction workers'It's easy to understand the political expedience for left-leaning politicians to embrace organized labor and project labor agreements tha...
May 111 minFour-Step Plan to ReopenSafety Standards Will Guide Four-Phase Reopening [Story Developing] The first wave of businesses shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic could...
May 53 minMCA's Input to MA Reopening Advisory BoardThe state's Reopening Advisory Board is inviting public comment on four key questions here. "On April 28, Governor Baker announced the cr...
Mar 261 minState Issues Guide for Working Safely During COVID-19 CrisisWhile Governor Baker has identified construction as an essential service during the state of emergency, contractors are taking steps to k...
Mar 231 minConstruction is an essential serviceA review of Governor Baker's list of COVID-19 Essential Services, issued March 23, 2020, shows construction is considered an essential se...
Mar 193 minCambridge Joins Boston to Stop ConstructionCambridge, Mass., has followed Boston in banning construction during the state of emergency. Nationwide, Boston was the fist to stop cons...
Mar 171 minFavoritism At the Expense of Affordable HousingDevelopers who bend to pressure to build union-only on private projects are costing the state opportunities to add affordable housing at...
Feb 101 minStudy: CT Taxpayers Pay Million$ More for PLA School ConstructionConnecticut taxpayers overpaid by many millions of dollars for public school construction between 2001 and 2019 because of so-called proj...
Jan 312 minThe Cost of Construction: Price Increases on Worcester BallparkAs if the City of Worcester needed another reason to reject calls for union-only construction of the new ballpark and surrounding develop...
Jan 282 minHigher Cap Adds Flexibility at School Building AuthorityThe state can now invest $800 million in school construction annually, thanks to new legislation signed by Gov. Charlie Baker. All schoo...
Sep 18, 20191 minThe True Cost of PLAs Keeps Adding Up: New Jersey Taxpayers Fleeced for $565M"In sum, the evidence that PLAs have increased the cost of school construction in New Jersey since 2002 is strong. Out of the 107 total s...
Feb 4, 20191 minMerit Shops Gain Percentage of Mass. Construction Workforce in 2018The only reliable source (we know of) for non-union vs. union employment data in the state's construction industry is out with the 2018 n...
Dec 7, 20181 minConstruction Unions Dominate Top 10 in PAC ContributionsSource: Office of Campaign and Political Finance Five of the top 10 Massachusetts political action committees active in the 2018 electi...
Nov 24, 20181 minUnited Auto Workers Hires Merit ShopsWith Union Bids 'Too High,' UAW Turns to Open Shop Contractors When the United Auto Workers needed to build a lakefront home for its ret...
Sep 5, 20183 minA Level Playing Field for Worcester's Ballpark ConstructionThe employees of Greater Worcester’s merit shop contractors are a true community resource. They are skilled, licensed and well compensate...
