Urges Trump Administration to Repeal and Replace
This week 51·çÁ÷ and others sent a urging President-Elect Trump’s administration to repeal President Obama’s that encourages federal agencies to require project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million, and replace it with a policy that prevents agencies from forcing contractors to enter into a labor agreement as a condition for winning a federal construction contract. 51·çÁ÷ also requested this PLA reform when it recently shared its federal agency regulatory, compliance and enforcement plan with members of the Trump Presidential Transitional Team.
51·çÁ÷ neither supports nor opposes contractors’ voluntary use of PLAs on government projects, but strongly opposes any government mandate for contractors’ use of PLAs. 51·çÁ÷ strongly believes that the choice of whether to adopt a collective bargaining agreement should be left to the contractor-employers and their employees. Such a choice should not be imposed as a condition to competing for, or performing on, a publicly funded project.
To view more details on 51·çÁ÷’s Regulatory Road ahead, click here.
To view more details on 51·çÁ÷ efforts opposing government mandated PLAs, click here.
For more information, contact Jordan Howard at Jordan.Howard@agc.org or (703) 837-5368.