OPINION: Biden's big union policies are a double-whammy to my small business
Owner and COO of Harrison and Burrowes explains why his construction company is offering high school graduates up to $47 an hourIn 2009, at the height of the Great Recession, my family business pivoted to focus on federal construction opportunities made possible under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama.
However, since President Biden came to office, our workforce has shrunk by 40 percent! Never in my life have I experienced the economic or regulatory challenges that I am facing right now.more than 36 percent since the start of COVID-19. Just last week, we asked a supplier to rebid electrical transformers for a project and the price came back more than double what it had been the last time it was quoted.
The union leaders who will profit from anti-competitive PLA defend the policy by saying it is only for large projects over $35 million. What they conveniently leave out is the fact that all federal projects that go to large businesses require small business subcontractors.
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