Tag Archive for: Labor Unions

IID Special Meeting on PLA Gets Testy

One Imperial Irrigation District director Monday morning accused the majority of the board of “ramming” through projects after the board rejected by a 3-2 vote to conduct public workshops on its project labor agreement plan that will be voted on next Tuesday.

New State Bill Would Require a PLA for Pure Water Project

To end a labor dispute that’s halted work on one of the largest and most important water projects in San Diego history, Assemblyman Todd Gloria rolled out a bill Friday to require union-friendly terms for work on the project.

The project, known as Pure Water, would provide a third of the city’s drinking water in coming decades. After years of starts and stops, the first $1.6 billion part of the project looked to be on track, until a labor dispute put everything on ice this summer.