Richard Markuson recently wrote about the coalition efforts of Business Coalition for Fair Competition. “They recently wrote President Donald J. Trump to ask he rescind the Obama-era executive order13502 that encourages federal agencies to use PLAs on any federal or federally assisted project of $25 million or more. The coalition wrote that PLAs prevent contractors from being able to … [Read more…]
Politico’s Morning Transportation reports that Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and a coalition of 13 other construction and business associations sent President Trump a Jan. 24, 2018, letter urging the administration to eliminate government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally assisted projects, allowing all qualified contractors and Americans to fairly compete to build and work on these taxpayer-funded projects. In the letter, … [Read more…]