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 Project Labor Agreement and Troubled Union Multiemployer Pension Plan Nexus
Pennsylvania Court Strikes Down PLA Mandate
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual union members summary report published Jan. 22, 2020, union membership in the construction industry increased slightly in 2019. However, just 12.6% of wage and salary workers were members of unions in the U.S. private construction industry, a decrease from 12.8% in 2018. According to BLS data, […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District has issues two surveys soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLA) for design and construction of Site Development and Utilities Phases I and II as well the Airfield Drainage system located at Tyndall Air Force Base in Bay County, […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for a construction of a Cyberspace Test Group Facility at Eglin AFB, Florida. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE government-mandated […]
As reported last month in the Baltimore Sun (“Baltimore Council bill would require union agreements before contractors win major city projects,” 1/27/20), a bill introduced in the Baltimore City Council by Councilmember Shannon Sneed and Council President Brandon Scott would make sweeping changes to the City of Baltimore’s procurement laws. The proposed ordinance, File 20-0488, […]
Study: Connecticut schools built under controversial government-mandated project labor agreements cost 19.8% more than schools that were bid and constructed through fair and open competition, free from PLA requirements.
Legislation in Virginia’s General Assembly will lead to tax hikes or fewer public works construction projects procured by the Commonwealth’s state and local governments. In addition, it will needlessly increase construction costs and steer contracts to out-of-state unionized businesses and unionized workers at the expense of Virginia’s construction industry.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issues two surveys soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLA) for construction of the Airey and Tyndall Gate Complexes as well as the Flight Line Munitions Storage Area (MSA) Facilities located at Tyndall Air Force Base in Bay County, Florida. […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for a construction of an Ambulatory Care Center at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE government-mandated PLAs […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for a multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for construction throughout New England awarded to up to 6 offerors, with a total value of up to $90,000,000 total. ABC National […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for the full facility revitalization of the Army Reserve Center Training Building at Fort Totten in New York City. ABC National encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to […]