Non-Union Need Not Apply

"Look for the Union Label"

Obama "Bans" Non-Union Contractors From Government Contracts
Described as an act that discriminates against 84% of the work force, Obama signed an executive order that

"repeals Executive Order 13202, that prohibited federal agencies and recipients of federal funding from requiring contractors to sign union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of performing work on federal and federally funded construction projects."

That's certainly a "change"! Not all change is good!

"Today's decision to repeal Executive Order 13202 opens the door to waste and discrimination in federal and federally funded construction contracts," said ABC President and CEO Kirk Pickerel. "This action removes the safeguards that prohibited discrimination based upon union affiliation in the awarding of federal contracts.

"Construction contracts subject to union-only PLAs are designed to be awarded exclusively to unionized contractors and their all-union workforces," said Pickerel. "Absent the economic benefits of competitive bidding, union-only PLAs are known to increase construction costs between 10 percent and 20 percent and discriminate against minorities, women and qualified construction workers who have traditionally been excluded from union membership.

"Union-only PLAs drive up costs for American taxpayers while unfairly discriminating against 84 percent of U.S. construction workers who choose not to join a labor union," added Pickerel. "All taxpayers should have the opportunity to compete fairly on any project funded by the federal government."

Payback from Obama to the Unions that supported his candidacy was to be expected, but like the gigantic Porkulus bill, this is far too much government money to be denied every hard working American who elects not to join a union!

Stimulate your political cronies, screw the rest of America. So much for "hope"!

Hat tip Gateway Pundit
Cross posted at Say Anything