NJCU and Hudson County Building and Construction Trades Council Extend Historic Project Labor Agreement | Project Labor Agreements

JERSEY CITY, N.J. | New Jersey City University (NJCU) and the Hudson County Building and Construction Trades Council (HCBT) extended their historic Project Labor Agreement (PLA).

Related guide: Project labor agreements in New Jersey: the law and the 2026 change

Project Labor Agreement originally signed on January 31, 2023 — during a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony on campus on March 4, 2025.

The original agreement made NJCU the first public university in the state of New Jersey to execute such a Project Labor Agreement, which authorizes all university construction projects that exceed $5 million to be completed by union labor. Tuesday’s agreement, signed by NJCU Interim President Andrés Acebo and Hudson Building Trades President Patrick Kelleher, extends that partnership through at least January 1, 2027.

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