Found on Halt the Assult, recently The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore wrote in the Political Diary, “It’s rare these days for unions to suffer a political setback, but the California election results in early June were a big defeat. Now a business group that played a key role in the battle is ready to expand its efforts.”

As we explore what the unions have done to shape the current economic crises it is organizations like Association of  Builders & Contractors (ABC) that continue to fight the power grabs.

“The Associated Builders and Contractors spearheaded a successful effort in two California cities to rein in rules that require union labor on state construction projects. Now the group is aiming to repeat its success statewide.”

There have been many wins, but there is still a long road to haul as only a handful of states have banned PLAs.  Moore wrote, “A handful of states have repealed such “project labor agreements.” PLAs have been banned by gubernatorial executive order in Minnesota and Arkansas. Legislatures in Utah, Missouri and Montana have also acted to ban or partially ban these pro-union agreements.”

ABC is putting up the good fight, and we need to come together and support thier efforts in our own states until the battle is won.