Friday, April 30, 2010

Obama Gives Unions a 'Massive Payback' with Executive Order, Contractors Claim

CNS News reports:
The nation’s non-union contractors, who constitute the bulk of the construction industry, say President Obama has given a “massive payback” to unions by implementing an executive order that would help them secure billions of dollars in construction contracts on public projects -- and a House Republican congressman agrees.

The executive order, implemented in mid-April, encourages federal agencies to use “project labor agreements” or PLAs on their construction projects, which could require any non-union workers to pay into ailing union pension funds and follow work guidelines set out by a union.
You'll want to read the whole article. This might be one of the best pension scams ever dreamed up the the unions/ organized crime.