NEWS & ARTICLES

Union carpenters deliver quality craftsmanship on job sites governed by project labor agreements. Same Pay. Same Safety Rules. No Membership Requirement. Non-union workers on PLA projects are more common than the debate suggests. Project labor agreements set the [...]

Project labor agreements put trained union carpenters to work on the projects communities count on. The Rule. The Exceptions. The Court Record. All in One Place. Are PLAs required on federal projects? Yes. Under current federal rules, every [...]

Skilled union carpenters are the backbone of projects covered by project labor agreements. Federal Law Permits Them. The Supreme Court Upheld Them. States Authorize Them. Are project labor agreements legal? Yes, and they have been for as long [...]

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 [...]

Project labor agreements set one standard for every worker on the job. Wages. Benefits. Safety. Training. All Set Before the First Shift. Are PLAs good for workers? The research answer is yes, and the reason is structural. Project [...]

Project leaders review plans, staffing needs and schedule risks before selecting labor standards for a complex construction job. Project PLA decisions should rest on verified project evidence A project PLA should be considered when a construction job's size, [...]

Union carpenters and other skilled tradespeople work under coordinated standards on a PLA-covered construction project. PLA union rules: how the agreement works for contractors and workers A PLA union relationship means a project labor agreement is negotiated with [...]

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 [...]

Building trades leaders back Pennsylvania's new data center rules and name project labor agreements as the workforce standard Data center PLAs have a new set of allies in Pennsylvania. In an Aug. 26 release from Gov. Josh Shapiro's office, the [...]

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 [...]

Project Labor Agreements establish clear workforce expectations before construction begins. A Clear Project Labor Agreement Framework Can Help Owners and Contractors Reduce Risk Before Work Begins Every construction project begins with optimism. For owners and contractors, Project Labor [...]

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 [...]