Research

Union carpenters bring skill and training to every project built under a project labor agreement. More Than 1,000 Public Projects Studied. No Cost Increase Found. Do PLAs raise costs? It is the first question public officials hear when [...]

Construction crews at work on a public building project. Peer-reviewed studies find no significant effect on school construction costs or bid competition A sweeping review of economic research finds that project labor agreements (PLAs) do not significantly increase [...]

Researchers have studied the cost effects of project labor agreements for more than 20 years. Peer-reviewed studies find no significant cost effect with Project Labor Agreements It’s an age-old question in the construction industry: Do PLAs increase costs? [...]

After a major Biden-era executive order mandating the vast majority of federal construction projects use project labor agreements suffered an initial loss in federal court this winter, a new report analyzing the use of these agreements in Illinois is refuting [...]