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Survey: ABC Members Strongly Oppose Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
ABC members overwhelmingly reported that government-mandated project labor agreements harm their businesses, hiring and workforce development practices and ability to complete work safely, on time and on budget, according to the results of a December 2018 membership survey published today. Ninety-eight percent of survey respondents said they were less likely to bid on a taxpayer-funded construction contract […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lawsuit Flushes Project Labor Agreement Scheme on Massachusetts Wastewater Facility
ABC’s Massachusetts chapter and a coalition of local merit shop contractors successfully blocked the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s scheme for a project labor agreement mandate on a $325 million water filtration plant. “Notwithstanding the lip service the PLA pays to being open to all bidders, it most assuredly is not,” wrote Hampden Superior Court […]
Maine Governor Mills Surprises Union Lobby with Veto of Project Labor Agreement Legislation
In a surprising turn of events bucking traditional Democratic Party alliances and controversial Biden administration policies, on June 26, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) vetoed legislation she introduced related to future offshore wind projects after the bill was amended by the legislature to include anti-competitive and inflationary project labor agreement requirements favored by union lobbyists.
97% of ABC Contractors Say Biden’s Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreement Policies Would Make Federal Construction More Expensive
According to a September 2022 survey of ABC contractor members published Sept. 28, 2022, 98% oppose President Biden’s proposed rule mandating project labor agreements on federal construction projects of $35 million or more. PLA schemes needlessly increase costs and exacerbate the construction industry’s skilled labor shortage because they exclude almost nine out of 10 workers […]
Advocacy Campaign Opposes Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreement Schemes in Infrastructure Bill
As Congress continues to craft legislation implementing a bipartisan infrastructure framework, ABC issued a July 13 press release announcing a digital advocacy campaign opposing costly government-mandated project labor agreement schemes on the federal infrastructure legislation. ABC-Led Coalition Announces Six-Figure Advocacy Campaign Build America Local, a coalition of construction industry and business organizations led by Associated […]
Project Labor Agreement Fails On Tappan Zee Bridge Construction; Jobs Outsourced to Robots
The $3.9 billion project to replace New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge is being built by union labor and robots. The $3.1 billion construction contract is subject to a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) pushed by Albany’s pro-union lawmakers and New York Gov. Cuomo (D) because it will result in a huge windfall of political contributions to the Empire […]