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ABC denounces order that discriminates against 84% of construction workforce
The Journal of Business ^ | February 6, 2009

Posted on 02/06/2009 2:07:27 PM PST by Military family member

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) 0n February 6, denounced an Executive Order signed by President Obama that repeals Executive Order 13202, that prohibited federal agencies and recipients of federal funding from requiring contractors to sign union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of performing work on federal and federally funded construction projects.

“Today’s decision to repeal Executive Order 13202 opens the door to waste and discrimination in federal and federally funded construction contracts,” said ABC President and CEO Kirk Pickerel. “This action removes the safeguards that prohibited discrimination based upon union affiliation in the awarding of federal contracts.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: abc; contruction; obamafailure; union

1 posted on 02/06/2009 2:07:27 PM PST by Military family member
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To: Military family member

I’d like to see this story grow some legs...


2 posted on 02/06/2009 2:09:15 PM PST by Teflonic
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To: Military family member

Obama owes the unions bigtime. He wouldn’t be in the Oval Orifice without the help of the union thugs.


3 posted on 02/06/2009 2:10:55 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ( Elections have consequences.)
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To: Military family member

Somehow I knew it wasn’t ABC, the network...


4 posted on 02/06/2009 2:16:35 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 18 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Military family member; Mrs. B.S. Roberts

I do not understand why the unions are upset. Perhaps I’m missing something. After all, the millions of $$$$$ they gave to the Demoncrats insured the election of THEIR candidate (didn’t it?). Boy—some people.


5 posted on 02/06/2009 2:17:38 PM PST by CaptainAmiigaf ( NY Times: We print the news as it fits our views.)
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To: CaptainAmiigaf

It’s not the unions that are gonna be upset — it’s the contractors.


6 posted on 02/06/2009 2:18:54 PM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Teflonic

Actually all we have to do is tell people that it discriminates against illegal aliens and he will change it.


7 posted on 02/06/2009 2:22:01 PM PST by Bookwoman ("...and I am unanimous in this..")
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To: Military family member
Oh, that ABC.
8 posted on 02/06/2009 2:22:22 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Play the new "rehab" card: apologize for cheating on your taxes)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Obama owes the unions bigtime.

And he just screwed them royally by taking out the "Buy American" clause from the stimulus package. He'd better deliver Card Check to them.

Of course, I'd like nothing better than to watch Obama thumb his nose at the unions, much the same way he's telling the press to back off and leave him alone.

9 posted on 02/06/2009 2:23:33 PM PST by Mrs_Stokke
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To: Mrs_Stokke
Of course, I'd like nothing better than to watch Obama thumb his nose at the unions...

Wouldn't that be sweet! I could back him on that!

10 posted on 02/06/2009 2:28:23 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ( Elections have consequences.)
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To: Military family member

I thought that repealing an Executive Order that was already on the books had a process to go through and you cannot just repeal them. Guess the rules are different for ZERO.


11 posted on 02/06/2009 2:42:05 PM PST by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Sam Bradford Heisman! LetsGetThisRight.com RED STATE Oklahoma Republican)
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To: Military family member

So raising the cost of labor generates jobs how?


12 posted on 02/06/2009 3:03:06 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: Military family member

THE CHECK CLEARED!


I'll keep linking their graphic on these posts till they take it down from their server. Bet it will not take too long...HAW HAW HAW.

13 posted on 02/06/2009 3:09:52 PM PST by Gorzaloon (Roark, Architect.)
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To: Military family member

What does Obama care about higher costs to the taxpayers? He is prepared to spend us into bankruptcy and then claim that more government spending and more taxes are the ONLY answer.


14 posted on 02/06/2009 3:29:43 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. Margret Thatcher)
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To: Military family member

BTTT


15 posted on 02/06/2009 5:26:30 PM PST by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: Military family member

bttt


16 posted on 02/06/2009 7:46:36 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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