DON’T GET PLAYED VIRGINIA!
When Virginia Politicians Mandate Project Labor Agreements, They Get Campaign Donations While You Get
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DON’T GET PLAYED VIRGINIA!
When Politicians Mandate Project Labor Agreements, They Get Campaign Donations, While You Get Higher Taxes, Less Affordable Housing, and Overcrowded Schools.
Virginians for Fairness is fighting political favoritism and cronyism in the Commonwealth by advocating against discriminatory Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on public procurements.
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The Latest News on PLAs in Virginia
THE GREAT
PLA MYTH
Do Project Labor Agreements Really Result in Higher Wages for Virginia Construction Workers?
A SPECIAL REPORT BY
VIRGINIANS FOR FAIRNESS
Independent Studies Find that Government-Mandated PLAs
Increase Costs and Decrease Benefits
Case Study: Los Angeles’s PLA on Affordable Housing Development
Voters in Los Angeles approved Proposition HHH to dedicate over $1 billion towards the construction of 10,000 new units of affordable housing. But politicians in City Hall added a Project Labor Agreement. According to an independent study, the PLA increased costs by a stunning $141 million - 14.5%. Further, the study found that the PLA prevented over 800 fewer units from being built, meaning over 800 families will not receive an affordable housing option because of the PLA.
Click here to read the study
5 Ways Mandatory PLAs Hurt Virginians
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1. Costs
PLAs dramatically increase the cost of publicly funded construction projects, meaning taxpayers pay more for less.
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2. Delays
PLAs add antiquated work rules and delay-inducing complexity to public infrastructure projects.
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3. Discrimination
PLAs discriminate against minority- and woman-owned construction businesses and their workers.
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4. Exclusion
PLAs exclude Virginia construction contractors on projects funded by their own tax dollars.
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5. Wage Theft
PLAs force non-union construction workers to pay into union-run funds that provide them no benefits.
Virginia PLA Tracker
We’re tracking efforts to mandate PLAs in Virginia. For more information on each item below, visit our full PLA Tracker.
PLA Failures in Our Region
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Virginia/Maryland
Prince George’s County Schools
Maryland
Laurel Library
Maryland