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ACTION ALERT - You and Your Employees are Needed Tomorrow to Help Defeat a PLA at the West Valley Mission CCD!

Monday, 10 December 2012 16:14

Contractors are needed to attend and speak in favor of Fair and Open Competition at West Valley College located at 14000 Fruitvale Rd. in Saratoga on December 11.

For eight years Big Labor has had designs for a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on the West Valley Mission Community College District's bond money. Failing to get one put into place on the College's earlier bond in 2005 (Measure H) Big Labor supporters on the Board of Trustees are back for another try, this time targeting the just-passed Measure C.   

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West Valley Mission Community College District PLA

Tuesday, 13 November 2012 10:31
For eight years Big Labor has had designs for a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on the West Valley Mission Community College District's bond money. Failing to get one put into place on the College's earlier bond in 2005 (Measure H) Big Labor supporters on the Board of Trustees are back for another try, this time targeting the just-passed Measure C. 
 
The PLA issue will be taken up at tonight's meeting.
 
When: Tuesday November 13, at 7:00pm
 
Where: 3000 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, California, Mission College Room: TAV 130.
 
Please try and attend and speak out against this outrageous power grab if you can.  Also contact the trustees today and let them know how you feel about PLAs and why they have no place on taxpayer funded projects.
 
A message may be sent to all members of the Board of Trustees by clicking on the following link.
 
 
A message can be sent to an individual Board Member by clicking on the appropriate name:

Trustee Adrienne Grey - Trustee Area 6, 2012 Board President
Trustee Buck Polk- Trustee Area 3
Trustee Chad Walsh - Trustee Area 7
Trustee Chris Stampolis - Trustee Area 2
Trustee Jack Lucas - Trustee Area 5
Trustee Nick Heimlich - Trustee Area 4, 2012 Board Vice President
Trustee Robert Owens - Trustee Area 2

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Oakland Army Base PLA to be Voted on by Oakland City Council

Friday, 26 October 2012 15:07
At their meeting the Oakland City Council will meet Tuesday, October 30 at 5:30pm to approve a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) which will restrict work on the $270M Oakland Army Base Infrastructure that will include Inter-modal Rail Terminal and Roadways to Big Labor.  
 
Will you and your workers join us Monday October 29th in order to prevent a PLA from taking over the Oakland Army Base? We need as many bodies in the audience as possible to show just what an outrage this really is!
 
When: October 29th at 2:00pm  
Where: Meeting with Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks 
Oakland City Hall 
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza 2nd Floor 

When: October 29th at 2:30pm 
Where: Meeting with Oakland Councilmember Larry Reid
Oakland City Hall 
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza 2nd Floor
 
For more information please contact Eric Christen at (858) 431-6337 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Sonoma County PLA

Sunday, 05 August 2012 05:26

Contact the Board of Supervisors TODAY, tell them that Sonoma County needs fair and open competition!

Supervisor Distict 1: Valerie Brown

Telephone:(707) 565-2241
Fax:(707) 565-3778
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Supervisor District 2: David Rabbitt

Telephone:Main Office: (707) 565-2241
Fax:(707) 565-3778
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Supervisor District 3: Shirlee Zane

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Supervisor District 4: Mike McGuire

Telephone:(707) 565-3758
Fax:(707) 565-3778
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Supervisor District 5: Efren Carrillo

Telephone:(707) 565-2241
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