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PLAs give public officials, contractors and the trades one set of rules to review before a complex municipal project goes out to bid. Project labor agreements for governments: what public officials need to know Governments at every level [...]

Project labor agreements put trained union carpenters to work on the projects communities count on. Permitted Today. Debated in Dover. Built on a Training Pipeline That Already Exists. Project labor agreements in Delaware are a live policy question. [...]

Project labor agreements set one standard for every worker on the job. Authorized Since 2002. Expanded in 2021. Opened to Every Local Project in 2026. Project labor agreements in New Jersey rest on one of the clearest statutory [...]

A project administrator reviews workforce, contractor and compliance data for construction covered by a project labor agreement. PLA report standards turn project records into public evidence A PLA report is a document that tracks how a project labor [...]

After two years of contractor litigation, the Labor Department tells a Texas court it will not rewrite the 2023 prevailing wage update The U.S. Department of Labor will keep most of the 2023 update to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts [...]

According to Delaware Public Media, crews have already begun preliminary site work on the Port of Wilmington's Edgemoor expansion, and every phase of that early construction falls under a project labor agreement, meaning the job site is staffed entirely by [...]

Study Finds PLAs Improve Workforce Access Without Raising Costs A new study finds project labor agreements, the pre-hire agreements that set wages, benefits, work rules and training standards for every contractor on a job, do not make public construction more [...]

Union carpenters bring trained hands and proven standards to job sites across the region. How the $3 million threshold affects county bidding The project labor agreement threshold in Union County, New Jersey, has dropped from $5 million to $3 million, [...]

A new study found union-signatory contractors completed public construction projects faster while maintaining better control of project costs than non-union contractors. New research found union-signatory contractors delivered projects faster while keeping cost increases significantly lower. A new study [...]

The revised policy will expand project labor agreement requirements to more county-funded construction projects. The Union County Board of County Commissioners has approved lowering the threshold requiring a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on county construction projects from $5 million to [...]

A revised bill requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on large school construction projects has cleared the Delaware Senate, according to Delaware Public Media, sending the measure to the House ahead of state budget mark-ups. Related guide: Project labor agreements in [...]

Loudoun County's finance committee has recommended project labor agreement pilots for two major public works projects, including a $38 million expansion of the Adult Detention Center and an $86 million widening of Rt. 15. Loudoun County's finance committee [...]

A union construction worker on a recent project. Passaic County is considering lowering its project labor agreement threshold from $5 million to $3 million. Passaic County officials are weighing a proposal to lower the threshold for requiring a [...]

Officials cut the ribbon on the new Highlands Regional Service Center in West Milford, N.J., on April 22, 2026. (Photo from Passaic County via Instagram.) $5.3 million facility built under a PLA brings public health, behavioral health and [...]

Project labor agreements will be required on all Hudson County, N.J., public works projects valued at $3 million or more after County Executive Craig Guy signed an executive order Friday, TAPinto reported. The order lowers the previous $5 million threshold, [...]

A project labor agreement ensuring union labor participation will be finalized as part of a $11.7 million restoration of the historic Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, N.J., TAPinto reported. Related guide: Project labor agreements in New Jersey: the law and [...]

A project labor agreement will be required on NJ's $6.7B Newark Bay Bridge replacement. According to ENR, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is moving forward this summer with contractor pre-qualification for a $6.7-billion project labor agreement-backed replacement of [...]

Delaware lawmakers are working to pass meaningful project labor agreement legislation, which supporters say ensures school buildings are built safely, on time and to last. Senate Bill 272 sets $1 million threshold for school construction and renovation work [...]