Posts tagged public-sector union policy

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unions

    EDITORIAL: Project labor agreements are bad policy

    May 29, 2024 // And limiting the bidding only to union labor hikes project costs. Such a price-increasing effect is a generally recognized impact of constricted competition. It pertains in particular when nonunion firms have been eliminated from even bidding on the project; if unionized firms know their only rivals for a project are other union firms, they will feel significantly less pressure to take a sharp pencil to their bid. Various studies have estimated the added cost of PLA-ed projects in the 10 percent to 20 percent range (though other analyses contend there is no significant price effect).

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    News Article ● Unions

    SCOTUS won’t hear two public-sector union cases

    March 7, 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected petitions in two cases related to public-sector union policy. The last such case the court heard was Janus v. AFSCME in 2018.

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