WHAT OTHERS SAY

 
-  “…Construction on Worcester’s $90 million vocational school project, the largest public works project in the city’s history, is on time and on budget …”  - The Telegram & Gazette, Feb. 6, 2006, praising completion of the project, which was done under fair and open competition

-  “People have a range of reasons for joining or not joining unions, and none of Smith’s experience suggests that non-union workers bring any less commitment or skill to their jobs or to the projects of which they are a part.”- Ruth Constantine, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Smith College, January 16, 2007

-  “There is simply no need or reason to limit the choicest work to the 16 percent of our state’s construction workers who belong to unions or can be qualified to work under the strictures of a PLA.”- Worcester Telegram & Gazette editorial, “Hammers for all”, March 9, 2009

-  “Let there be no mistake: Project labor agreements benefit a small but very vocal minority while shutting out the majority of Bay State laborers, and costing the taxpayers money.”- Springfield Republican newspaper editorial, “New state slogan: Get less for more,” March 19, 2009

-  “Project labor agreements drive up the cost of capital projects, hundreds of which are expected to be financed in the next few years with stimulus funds, by limiting competition. And since the vast majority of construction workers in Massachusetts are not union members, requiring PLAs would limit the jobs recovery to a sliver of the state’s workforce. (Albeit the sliver that helps get so many politicians re-elected.)”-Boston Herald editorial, “Don’t Rig Recovery,” February 19, 2009

-  “Let all the construction firms bid on the jobs and if the unions come in with the lower bids for the same work, let them have the contracts.” - The Patriot Ledger, August 31, 2002