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A Project Labor Agreement is a kickback scheme imposed on either developers or on municipal agencies by labor unions lobbyists to ensure that only companies with union ties can be awarded contracts. PLAs end competitive bidding and deny the majority of California's workforce the ability to work on certain projects.
The following list contains just a few of the consequences a PLA has on a project:
1. Taxpayers end up paying more than they have to for public projects
2. Rather than spending money on schools, roads and public safety, taxpayer money is spent for higher construction costs
3. Lobbyists for big labor and other special interest groups corrupt local government processes to force these mandates on construction projects.
4. Deny approximately 85% of California's construction workers the opportunity to work on these projects.
Click on the PLA articles to learn more about this corrupt kickback scheme.
Greenmail is a form of extortion used to discriminatory PLAs on private and public development projects. Union activists will threaten to file costly environmental lawsuits that will delay the start of construction unless companies with close ties to big labor are used on the project. It may sound like something out of the Sopranos but it is an all too common tactic used to blackmail developers and politicians.
Click on the Greenmail articles to learn more.
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