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    Pioneer Institute Statement on the Project Labor Agreement Provision in the Massachusetts Economic Development Bill

    August 6, 2024 // Earlier this year a Hampden County Superior Court stuck down a PLA on a $325 million Westfield water treatment plant project, ruling that PLAs pose “such a significant disadvantage to open shops as to render a competitive bid impossible

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    Opinion: Free Raises for Everybody. Not.

    August 17, 2023 // One obvious result will be higher costs on public works and probably fewer of them since federal dollars won’t go as far. States and localities may have to borrow more and raise taxes to fund projects. Fewer semiconductor fabs and renewable projects will probably be built since private capital won’t go as far. Another result will be less private investment, especially in housing, since contractors will have to increase wages to compete for workers with federally funded projects that must pay the prevailing wage. The rule will also reduce the competitive advantage of right-to-work states by raising the wages their contractors have to pay.

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    News Article ● Labor Strike Unions

    Hundreds of LA County union workers rally at Grand Park to protest low wages; possible strike looms

    April 5, 2022 //

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    City employees march against low staffing

    March 25, 2022 //

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    Baker City California: City negotiating contracts with 2 of 3 unions

    February 20, 2022 // Baker City Manager Jonathan Cannon said negotiations are ongoing with two of the three labor unions representing city employees. Separate unions represent police, fire and public works employees, and the city has contracts with each.

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