New Jersey

PLAs allow public officials and construction partners to review plans for a major civic infrastructure project before ground is broken. A federal judge issued a New Jersey PLA ruling on Sept. 23 that keeps the state's 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 [...]

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, [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Project Labor Agreements are used in public works contracts to ensure a skilled local workforce, labor stability and on-time project delivery. Evesham Township has moved quickly to capitalize on a new state law that stripped away New Jersey's [...]

West Milford, NJ — The Passaic County Board of County Commissioners provided an update at a media event on the development of the new West Milford Satellite County Office, a state-of-the-art facility that will expand access to essential health and [...]

The Jersey City Municipal Council voted unanimously to move forward with a new mixed-use development project with the inclusion of a 30-year tax abatement and secured contracts for union labor workers. Related guide: Project labor agreements in New Jersey: the [...]

The mayor and council are pushing for all major projects in the borough to be done by local contractors, as evident from an ordinance adopted at the last council meeting. Related guide: Project labor agreements in New Jersey: the law [...]

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 [...]

President Biden took another big swing to support workers by issuing a final rule that requires project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects costing more than $35 million. Related guide: Project labor agreements in New Jersey: the law and [...]

BRICK – All future public construction projects undertaken by the township and exceeding $5 million will go to Brick residents since the governing body passed a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) during a recent Township Council Meeting. “This chapter also creates [...]

This week, the Prince George’s County Board of Education voted to require a Project Labor Agreement for the second phase of an ambitious school construction program. The power of Project Labor Agreements: Two more win-win deals for workers and communities [...]

The Township of Parsippany is actively taking steps to ensure that construction projects in the community are supporting local workers and providing the best return on investment for taxpayers. Related guide: Project labor agreements in New Jersey: the law and [...]

Project Labor Agreements (PLA) bring order and specific responsibility to public construction projects. PLAs are binding agreements that call for collective bargaining between labor and contractors. In addition, they define the terms and conditions applicable to all workers – union [...]