Published: August 13, 2009
Tags: Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., federal contract, nonunion, project-labor agreement, Superior, union
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
As a national argument rages over project-labor agreements on federal contracts, the city of Superior, which approved similar rules last year, is applying them to projects without much fuss.
The same dispute often pops up when government officials talk about PLAs: Unions claim the agreements will save money on contracts, and nonunion contractors retort [...]
Published: August 12, 2009
Tags: job targeting, lawsuit, Local 539 Pipefitters, Minnesota, nonunion, Supreme Court, union
Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — A nationally significant lawsuit that pitted a local pipefitters union against a nonunion contractor has had its day in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court, but the final verdict may arrive until the case reaches the nation’s high court.
The case involves the union practice of using market-recovery money to subsidize [...]
Published: August 5, 2009
Tags: Add new tag, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., National Labor Relations Board, nonunion, organizing, poster, union, worker rights
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A proposed federal rule requiring job site posters that outline a worker’s right to join a union will have little effect if nobody reads the signs.
According to the poster written by the Department of Labor, workers have the right to join a union and, when off the clock, to attend rallies or distribute union [...]
Published: July 27, 2009
Tags: Central Sands Buildings Inc., K-W Electric Inc., nonunion, prevailing wage, Reesman’s Excavating & Grading Inc., state budget, survey, union
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Months of debate over whether expanding the reach of prevailing wage would ruin the industry did little to persuade contractors to fill out the state survey.
“Typically we don’t,” said Gregory Reesman Jr., president of Reesman’s Excavating & Grading Inc., Burlington.
“I really haven’t had the chance to give it any consideration (this year).”
Contractors have [...]
Published: June 16, 2009
Tags: Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., Davis-Bacon, nonunion, prevailing wage, project-labor agreement, union
Comments: 3
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A delay in enacting the federal government’s support of project-labor agreements on contracts is frustrating some unions and giving nonunion builders a short respite.
President Barack Obama on Feb. 6 signed an order lifting the federal government’s ban of PLAs on federal projects worth more than $25 million. The order gave federal agencies until [...]
Published: June 12, 2009
Tags: Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., federal bill, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, nonunion, salt, union
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Nonunion contractors are backing a federal bill that would protect them from hiring union organizers.
But even if the bill becomes law, those contractors still must navigate the rough legal waters of proving an applicant’s true intention.
Current law does not let company officials ask job applicants if they are union organizers who want to [...]
