Construction Groups Decry Obama's New Union Friendly Policy for Federal Projects

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Advocates for the recession-battered construction industry are lining up to challenge President Obama's new policy backing the use of union labor for large-scale federal construction projects. The policy, which went into effect Tuesday, 'encourages' federal agencies to have construction contractors and subcontractors enter project labor agreements (PLAs) for all construction projects.

Those agreements require contractors to 'negotiate' with union officials, recognize union wages and benefits and abide by collective-bargaining agreements.

Opponents of the policy are calling it a payoff to unions. They say it will unfairly steer federal construction contracts away from non-union shops...

[Exactly. Those not practicing the proper socialist behavior will be punished.]

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