President Trump Rolls Back Failed Biden Policies Pushing Project Labor Agreements on Federally Assisted Construction Jobs
Breaking News: It is St. Patrick’s Day and construction industry stakeholders, taxpayers and free enterprise advocates have another reason to celebrate: President Trump has rolled back failed Biden administration executive orders and policies pushing project labor agreements on federally assisted construction projects. Read more below for more details. Trump Rescinds Certain Failed Biden Policies on […]
U.S. House and Senate Introduce Fair and Open Competition Act in 119th Congress
The 119th Congress has introduced the Fair and Open Competition Act with a record-breaking number of original cosponsors and broad construction industry and pro-taxpayer stakeholder support. Urge your lawmakers to cosponsor this important legislation prohibiting anti-competitive and inflationary government-mandated project labor agreements on federal and federally assisted construction projects via this grassroots campaign today. ABC […]
A Record-High Nonunion Construction Workforce Tops 80% in 41 States
A record-high 89.7% of the U.S. construction workforce does not belong to a union. In 41 states, at least 80% of workers in the private construction industry did not belong to a union in 2024. At least 90% of workers in the private construction industry did not belong to a union in 29 states in […]
U.S Department of Veterans Affairs Halts Inflationary Project Labor Agreement Mandates on Construction Projects
The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs announced the reversal of a controversial Biden administration policy mandating project labor agreements on solicitations for construction contracts of $35 million or more. The policy change is expected to restore merit-based competition for taxpayer-funded construction contracts to build Veterans Affairs hospitals, outpatient facilities, office buildings, national cemeteries and other […]
Pentagon Kills Biden’s Controversial Project Labor Agreement Mandate Policy on Military Construction
Associated Builders and Contractors celebrated a Feb. 7 decision by the U.S. Department of Defense, released to the public Feb. 11, that will restore merit-based competition for taxpayer-funded construction projects procured by military agencies. “The DoD’s new policy effectively eliminates President Joe Biden’s controversial rule requiring anti-competitive, inflationary, union-favoring project labor agreements on federal construction projects of $35 million or […]
Project Labor Agreement Mandate Stifles Competition, Cancels Solicitation for $1B Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently canceled its solicitation for the construction of a $500 million to $1 billion federal currency printing plant in Beltsville, Maryland, on behalf of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing. According to its Jan. 13, 2025, notice canceling the solicitation, the USACE Baltimore District cited “budgetary […]
A Record-High 89.7% of US Construction Industry Workforce Are Not Union Members
According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2024 Union Members Summary released Jan. 28, 2025, a record low 10.3% of the U.S. construction industry belongs to a union, a decrease from the prior historic low of 10.7% in 2023. BLS reports that 7,978,000 construction industry workers were […]
Court Rules Against A Dozen Federal Project Labor Agreement Mandates, But Costly Biden PLA Rule Remains in Place
On Jan. 20, Associated Builders and Contractors celebrated a decision from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that rules in favor of ABC members that filed bid protests challenging former President Joe Biden’s controversial policy requiring anti-competitive, inflationary, union-favoring project labor agreements on federal construction projects of $35 million or more. Judge Ryan T. Holte’s Jan. 19 ruling in favor […]
Restoring Fair and Open Competition on Federal and Federally Assisted Construction Projects Would Save Taxpayers At Least $10 Billion Annually
The Trump administration has an incredible opportunity to rebuild America’s infrastructure better and faster with a commonsense policy change expected to save taxpayers at least $10 billion annually on federal and federally assisted construction projects procured by local, state and federal governments, according to new analysis by Associated Builders and Contractors. By replacing inflationary Biden […]
Prominent Democrats Oppose Policies Mandating Project Labor Agreements
In today’s hyper-partisan political environment, it’s rare for policy to die on its own merits when it is good for party politics. Think about how harmful government-mandated project labor agreements must be if prominent Democrats are thumbing their noses at these Biden-Harris policies and publicly resisting legislation that benefits their most prominent union donors.