http://www.nrtw.org/en/free-tagging/project-labor-agreements The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.nrtw.org/en/blog/philly-rejects-union-blockade-against-minority-contractors <p>The Philadelphia Inquirer today <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20071207_Opening_doors_to_nonunion_workers.html">reports</a>:</p> <blockquote><p> Accusing trade unions of standing in the way of minority hiring objectives, City Council yesterday declared the $700 million Convention Center expansion open to nonunion contractors and workers - an unprecedented gesture in a city dominated by organized labor. </p> </p></blockquote> <p>Union officials commonly shut out minority and nonunion contractors from such projects through so-called &quot;<a href="/neutrality/na_6.htm">project labor agreements</a>.&quot; These cynical pacts require all contractors, whether they are unionized or not, to subject themselves and their employees to unionization in order to work on a government-funded construction project.</p> <p>For more information on the harmful effects of PLAs, see <a href="http://www.nilrr.org/files/horowitz-pla-study.pdf">this study</a> from the <a href="http://www.nilrr.org/">National Institute for Labor Relations Research</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nrtw.org/en/blog/philly-rejects-union-blockade-against-minority-contractors">read more</a></p> http://www.nrtw.org/en/blog/philly-rejects-union-blockade-against-minority-contractors#comments Forced Unionism States Philadelphia PLAs Project Labor Agreements Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:00:34 -0500 Justin Hakes 166 at http://www.nrtw.org