Trades group sues federal government over PLA exemption
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Author: Construction Dive Published On: 04/10/2025
Dive Brief Trades group sues federal government over PLA exemption
NABTU argues that a Biden-era executive order mandating project labor agreements is still in effect, despite the Trump administration’s moves to curb their use.
A construction union group filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday against two federal agencies and their chiefs for ignoring a still-in-effect executive order from former President Joe Biden requiring project labor agreements on some federal jobs.
North America’s Building Trades Unions asked the court to enjoin the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration from foregoing PLA use, as the Biden-era order remains on the books.
Since President Donald Trump took office, he has enacted a flurry of executive orders undoing many Biden-era policies, and in January a judge severely weakened the case for the federal government to use PLAs, but NABTU argues that the original order is still in effect.
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