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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â Fights Against Government Mandated Projected Labor Agreements

Urges Trump Administration to Repeal and Replace 

This week °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â and others sent a urging President-Elect Trump’s administration to repeal President Obama’s that encourages federal agencies to require project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million, and replace it with a policy that prevents agencies from forcing contractors to enter into a labor agreement as a condition for winning a federal construction contract.  °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â also requested this PLA reform when it recently shared its federal agency regulatory, compliance and enforcement plan with members of the Trump Presidential Transitional Team.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â neither supports nor opposes contractors’ voluntary use of PLAs on government projects, but strongly opposes any government mandate for contractors’ use of PLAs.  °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â strongly believes that the choice of whether to adopt a collective bargaining agreement should be left to the contractor-employers and their employees.  Such a choice should not be imposed as a condition to competing for, or performing on, a publicly funded project.

To view more details on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â’s Regulatory Road ahead, click here.
To view more details on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â efforts opposing government mandated PLAs, click here.

For more information, contact Jordan Howard at Jordan.Howard@agc.org or (703) 837-5368.

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