Jun
2013 10
2013 10
CA Building Trades Sponsor Bill to Prevent “Deceptive and Unfair” Use of Worker Earnings Deduction
This is a cross-post from the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California (SBCTC) website, written by SBCTC president Robbie Hunter… *** Anti-union contractors deduct earnings from workers’ paychecks. They use the money to fund committees that falsely claim to be about labor compliance, but actually exist solely…
Dec
2011 11
2011 11
San Diego School Board: “Non-Union Contractors Have Done Very Well” Under the District’s PLA
Of all the inflated gripes that that big contractor lobbies, such as the Associated Building and Contractors (ABC), hurl at Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), the most divisive and erroneous is that PLAs cut non-union contractors and non-union workers out of large-scale, public construction projects. This claim has been refuted time and again by the…
Dec
2011 8
2011 8
$287 Million Modernization Effort Will Be Undertaken by Union Construction Workers in NorCal
The anti-union Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) spend a lot of their time and money bashing Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) and spreading misinformation propaganda about the value of union construction workers. Case in point, the ABC’s recent claim that the Santa Clara & San Benito Counties Building Trades Council will bankrupt…