Posts Tagged ‘Project Labor Agreements’
Employee Free Choice Act, The Biggest Battle Yet To Come
We wanted to be sure our friends and members in the construction arena saw this item from Portfolio.com regarding project labor agreements:
The battle over PLAs may directly affect only construction companies, but it’s just one front in the war between business and labor. The biggest battle is yet to come—a vote in Congress on the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for unions to organize workplaces
Be sure to check out the whole article, and click over to our sister site, TheTruthAboutPLAs.com
Preview of Card Check Fall Out: Union Organizers Boo Opposition
Want to know what the world would look like if the Employee Free Choice Act passed? Consider the response when union activists in Pennsylvania found out that opponents of Project Labor Agreements — special interest rules that really only allow unionize employees to work on public, taxpayer projects — were going to meet.
The Commonwealth Foundation reports:
While union members may enjoy these lucrative contracts, PLAs only end up costing taxpayers money and private contactors jobs. Why not give everyone a fair chance to bid on government contracts? This is why State Representatives John Bear and Stan Saylor were holding a press conference in front of the capital – to inform Pennsylvanians on the injustices of PLAs. However when Rep. Bear got up to speak he was catcalled and booed by the mob of union members. His message was drowned out; in typical fashion organized labor used tactics of intimidation to silence the voice of opposition.
So what makes us think union activists would behave any differently when they find out an employee doesn’t want to sign a union card?
