Obama's union drive stumbles in N.H. - Washington Times: "President Obama's moves to boost the labor movement suffered a setback this week, when the administration was forced to cancel the first federal construction contract in more than a decade requiring union representation of workers.
The Department of Labor, citing a 'need to evaluate the issues' surrounding the union-friendly bidding process, pulled the plug on the competition for a $35 million contract to build a 160,000-square-foot Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H., after contractors formally challenged the union mandate.
The requirement, known as a 'project labor agreement' or PLA, was adopted as one in a series of policy changes by Mr. Obama to strengthen the labor movement, though he has not delivered on unions' top legislative priority, the so-called 'card-check' bill that would make it easier to organize workplaces.
'This is a real win for the principle of fair and open competition in government procurement,' said Maurice Baskin, an attorney for the business group Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), which backed the complaint credited with derailing the PLA.
Mr. Baskin said it was no coincidence that the Labor Department decided to shelve the project the day before the agency was required to respond to the bid protest filed with the Government Accountability Office."
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