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Cleveland, Ohio (May 9, 2002)<\/b> \u2014 The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation filed an amicus curiae<\/i> brief with the Ohio Supreme Court in support of the Open Contracting Act, a state law that bans the use of union-only contracts, or project labor agreements (PLAs), on government construction projects. <\/p>\n

After the law was passed, in July 1999, union lawyers sued the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners in an attempt to overturn the legislature\u2019s decision and retain forced unionism on all state construction projects.<\/p>\n

In their \u201cFriend of the Court\u201d brief, Foundation attorneys argue that the state legislature acted within its rights, under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), to pass a law prohibiting a form of compulsory unionism. The appellate court used these very arguments to uphold the law. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is wrong for the government to support a scheme that bilks taxpayers out of millions of dollars and deprives employees of their basic right to choose whether or not to affiliate with a union,\u201d said Foundation Vice President Stefan Gleason<\/a>. \u201cPLAs are nothing more than a shakedown \u2014 union officials use them to demand taxpayer handouts and government-granted special privileges in exchange for not ordering strikes or causing other disruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

A PLA is a scheme that requires all contractors, whether they are unionized or not, to subject themselves and their employees to unionization in order to work on government-funded construction projects. PLAs usually require contractors to grant union officials monopoly bargaining privileges over all workers; use exclusive union hiring halls; force workers to pay dues as a condition of employment; and pay above-market prices resulting from wasteful work rules and featherbedding.<\/p>\n

In October 1999, a trial court permanently enjoined enforcement of the law. In reviewing the statute, an Ohio appellate court reversed the lower court\u2019s decision and ruled that the NLRA does not prohibit states from banning discriminatory, union-only PLAs, on government construction projects. The Foundation participated as amicus curiae<\/i> in the Court of Appeals, and raised the issue of a state\u2019s right under the NLRA to prohibit PLAs. <\/p>\n

In February 2002, the Ohio Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction over the case, and oral arguments will be heard later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cleveland, Ohio (May 9, 2002) \u2014 The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief with the Ohio Supreme Court in support of the Open Contracting Act, a state law that bans the use of union-only contracts, or project labor agreements (PLAs), on government construction projects. 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