2020 Update: ABC’s Fight Against Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
The District of Columbia Council Is Wasting Taxpayer Money on Project Labor Agreement Schemes
Many Construction Industry Multiemployer Pension Plans Remain in Financial Distress
Virginia Delays Enactment of Prevailing Wage and PLA Mandate Laws Until May 2021
BLS: Just 12.6% of U.S. Construction Industry is Unionized
PLA Mandate Legislation Introduced in Baltimore City Council
Study: Project Labor Agreement Mandates Inflate the Cost of Connecticut School Construction by 19.8%
Study: Project Labor Agreement Mandates Inflate Cost of New Jersey School Construction by 16.25%
Lawsuit Against Westmoreland County Project Labor Agreement Tests Boundaries of SCOTUS Janus Decision
ABC Applauds Passage of Texas Law Ensuring Fair and Open Competition
Washington Times Publishes TheTruthAboutPLAs Op-Ed Celebrating Kentucky’s Fair and Open Competition Law
Survey: ABC Members Strongly Oppose Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
The construction industry is watching the outcome of the 2020 elections closely as it will shape federal policy regarding government-mandated project labor agreements and other hot-button labor and employment issues of importance to the construction industry.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Albuquerque District is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) from large scale construction projects (exceeding $25 million) within the Albuquerque District area of responsibility. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of an aircraft hangar at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of an electronics lab at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Alaska District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of a Child Development Center at Fort Wainwright in Alaska. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE government-mandated […]
Dear Friend, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of a Chrome Plating Facility Repair Project at the Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to […]
Dear Friend, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of tunnels and subsurface structures at the Sacramento River East Levee Contract 2 project in Greater Sacramento, California. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting […]
In February 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13502, which encourages federal agencies to mandate project labor agreements on large-scale federal construction projects exceeding $25 million in total cost on a case-by-case basis and permits recipients of federal assistance to mandate PLAs on state and local public works projects. Many merit shop advocates and public policy professionals predicted […]
Bernalillo County, the largest county in the State of New Mexico, is currently weighing an ordinance that would require a community workforce agreement (CWA), also known as a project labor agreement, on all county projects valued at over $5 million. The ordinance also says that at least three trades must be employed on the project […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of an elementary school at Fort Knox, Kentucky. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE government-mandated […]