The following is an excerpt from an editorial by
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) published in the Bergen Record urging
the State Assembly to vote against a costly and destructive expansion of
Project Labor Agreements.
On January 14 many of my colleagues and I voted against S2425, an
expansion of project labor agreements, which allow elected officials to funnel
more public projects to labor unions of their choice. Both the motivation
and consequences of this bill are equally destructive Sandy recovery
efforts. Senate Democrats called a vote on this measure because Governor
Christie recently received a labor union endorsement that they felt entitled
to, and that union justly opposes this bill.
I oppose this bill because it tilts the playing field in
favor of 14 percent of the workforce that is unionized and against 86 percent
of non-unionized workers struggling in the aftermath of the Great Recession and Super Storm Sandy .
It is appalling that this is the only Sandy
recovery bill that the Senate Democrats posted for a vote. Ironically, it
increases the cost of recovery projects; it is a direct burden to Sandy victims, New
Jersey families and their communities. Plus, the
added cost of PLAs may eliminate other necessary public projects and the jobs
that they create.
The public is gravely misled by legislative Democrats, who
deny political motivations and refuse to acknowledge even the possibility that
PLAs make projects more expensive.
The fact is that PLAs increase the cost of construction projects by
between 10 and 35 percent, a recent state
Department of Labor report determined increases at 30.5 percent. Even former Gov. Jon Corzine’s Labor Department, reported PLAs hike project costs
by as much as 34 percent.
This Legislature should not make it more expensive and
burdensome for our overtaxed residents to recover from Sandy . I urge Assembly members to consider
common sense above politics and vote no on this bill. See full Editorial published in the Bergen Record Here
The following is an excerpt from an editorial by
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) published in the Bergen Record urging
the State Assembly to vote against a costly and destructive expansion of
Project Labor Agreements. On January 14 many of my colleagues and I voted against S2425, an expansion of project labor agreements, which allow elected officials to funnel more public projects to labor unions of their choice. Both the motivation and consequences of this bill are equally destructive
I oppose this bill because it tilts the playing field in
favor of 14 percent of the workforce that is unionized and against 86 percent
of non-unionized workers struggling in the aftermath of the Great Recession and Super Storm The public is gravely misled by legislative Democrats, who deny political motivations and refuse to acknowledge even the possibility that PLAs make projects more expensive.
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