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Unions Project Labor Agreements The National Labor Relations Act

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Trump, Court Actions Curtail Union Involvement in Federal Contracts

Federal contractors spent the past three years navigating executive mandates limiting their ability to select their own workforces after being awarded a large federal service contract. These mandates also required them to use...more

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Percentage of Construction Industry Workers in a Union Continues to Decline

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According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis, the percentage of construction workers who belong to a union dropped to a record low of 10.7 percent in 2023. This is the latest in a generational shift. Over the...more

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Contractor Alert: Biden Requires PLAs for Large Construction Projects

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President Biden’s latest Executive Order (EO), signed Friday, mandates U.S. agencies to require the use of project labor agreements (PLA) on large federal construction projects. PLAs are collective bargaining agreements...more

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Exercise Caution With Mandated Construction Project Labor Agreements

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A project labor agreement (PLA) is a type of collective bargaining agreement that covers multiple unionized trades working on a single defined project. While advocates emphasize the advantages of PLAs, construction owners and...more

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Proposed Project Labor Agreement in Baltimore Opposed by Large Companies, Minority Construction Contractors

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An effort by several Baltimore City Councilmembers to mandate project labor agreements (PLAs) for certain large city contracts has triggered strong opposition from the city’s contracting community. Although there is often...more

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With the Election (Mercifully) Behind Us, What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Employers?

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The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more

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Federal Court Upholds Louisiana Ban on Project Labor Agreements

A federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana recently ruled that Louisiana’s ban on project labor agreements on public works projects was neither unconstitutional nor preempted by the National Labor Relations Act...more

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