Project Labor Agreement Mandates: An Ongoing Saga - CCR-Mag.com

A Fast $52 billion That Trump Can Get With A Stroke Of A Pen On Project Labor Agreements

By Bill Wilson Below the headlines of the day — war, NATO finally paying their way, Trump smacking Israel’s wrist — a battle more intense than anyone can remember is going on inside Congress. The fight is over the spending bill and the reinstatement of the Trump tax cuts. The stakes could not be higher. As expected, every special interest in the world has descended on Washington, D.C. while these “negotiations” have been taking place. People are…

Project labor agreement mandates: An ongoing saga - CCR-Mag.com

For several decades, federal contractors have monitored the ebbing-and-flowing status of project labor agreements (PLAs). A PLA is a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement, specifically authorized under federal labor law, establishing the terms and conditions of employment for a specific project or group of projects. It serves essentially as a project constitution, establishing uniform work rules among the numerous trades on major construction…