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OTHER UNION-ONLY PLA DOCUMENTS

ABC Statistical Statements on the Impact of Union-Only PLAs (Updated Feb. 2009)
A list of PLA studies and relevant excerpts pertaining to construction costs, work opportunities, safety, productivity and quality

Union-Only Project Labor Agreements: The Public Record of Poor Performance (2005 edition)
A report by ABC chief legal counsel Maurice Baskin about the public record of union-only construction projects that have developed a persistent pattern of cost overruns, construction delays, construction defects, safety problems, diversity issues and adverse impact on competition as a result of union-only PLA requirements.

Anti-PLA Quotations from Women- and Minority-Owned Small Businesses and Construction Associations
Quotations from women- and minority-owned businesses and business and construction industry associations in opposition to the discriminatory nature of union-only PLAs.

A Great Opportunity to Integrate the Construction Unions Dec. 2008 anti-PLA Editorial by Harry Alford, President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce
Economic Apartheid, Construction Unions and the City of Philadelphia Jan. 2009 Editorial by Harry Alford, President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce about the lack of diversity within Philadelphia's construction unions and how a PLA may make this problem worse.

The Administration's Policy of Discrimination: Project Labor Agreement's Negative Impact on Women- and Minority-Owned Small Businesses (August 1998)
Testimony from an August 6, 1998 U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee hearing on project labor agreements and their negative impact on women and minority owned businesses.

Impact of Union-Only PLAs on Small Business Opportunity (PDF) testimony (website link) from Barbara Hoberock, owner, hth Companies (Union, MO)

Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources Hearing on the "Proposed Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements" (April 1997)
Testimony from an April 30, 1997 hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on President Clinton's Proposed Executive Order on PLAs that later became a memo on PLAs. Click the below organizations to view their testimony before the Committee in opposition to union-only PLAs.