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    Do PLAs Raise Costs? The Peer-Reviewed Evidence Says No

    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 [...]

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    Project labor agreements finish public works faster, peer-reviewed study finds

    A union welder during a ribbon-cutting ceremony and demonstration at Solid Platforms Inc.’s new manufacturing facility, Friday, January 16, 2026, in Johnstown, Pa. First study to measure PLA project duration finds 15% to 17% faster completion on public [...]

  • The U.S. Department of Labor told a Texas court it will keep most of the 2023 Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rule and the federal PLA executive order in place.

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    Project Labor Agreements, Prevailing Wages and Apprenticeships Delivered Clean Energy Results

    Millwrights work at the Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical Center in Edison, N.J. Roosevelt Institute fact sheet finds 54 percent of major DOE clean energy funding went to work covered by project labor agreements Project labor agreements were [...]

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