Posted on 06/23/2011 7:04:09 AM PDT by MichCapCon
Big Labor bosses seeking protection from non-union competition on government construction jobs had a two-front fight going on last week in both Washington, D.C., and Lansing. Votes to determine the fate of project labor agreements occurred in both the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives and the GOP-dominated Michigan Senate. When it was all over, a total of 34 Republican lawmakers from Michigan had cast votes on these legislative battlefields, and just one voted on the side of the labor unions to protect PLAs: Congressman Thad McCotter, R-Livonia.
“A PLA is little more than a mechanism to put non-union construction companies at an unfair disadvantage, and steer government work to unions,” said Paul Kersey, director of labor policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. “If a company wants to bid on a contract, it has to have an agreement with the local unions. Obviously that puts non-union companies in a difficult position.”
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, less than 14 percent of the U.S. construction workforce is unionized.
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So perfect yet so wrong.
Corruption. Sure does sound sleazy and unAmerican to me.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t a lot of politicos on all levels vote contrary to what one would expect when a bill is going to pass overwhelmingly as not to tick off the base?
McCotter seems to do this repeatedly.
Well he is a Livonia rep.
I’m not in his district but I’m guessing I would vote for him simply because he’s as good as its going to get in the current situation.
His district is 876 yards from me.
Even after redistricting I’m still in the extreme NE corner of the 7th and McCotter’s border in this part didn’t change.
During election time this place is littered with McCotter signs even though no one can vote for him LOL.
I think redistricting is going to solidify the 7th district. I know that Calhoun county was Mark Schauer’s stronghold in the last election and now we’ve shed ourselves of that.
My sister lives in McCotter’s district and she and her ultra liberal husband hate him with a passion.
From the article:
“This is the second time this year that Rep. McCotter has been on the deciding edge of a vote that promoted PLAs on government projects. In February, another amendment to a different budget would have banned the use of PLAs on federal construction projects. That proposal failed on a 210-210 tie vote. Once again, there were 26 Republicans — including McCotter — standing with Democrats to defend the president’s policy of keeping the PLA requirement in place.”
“Thad McCotter, R-Livonia”
Thanks MichCapCon.
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