Project Labor Agreements

New Study Confirms Benefits of Project Labor Agreements

John See — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:38:21 -0500

In what is probably the broadest, most detailed study ever conducted on the merits of project labor agreements (PLAs), three academic researchers have concluded that there is no substantial evidence that PLAs reduce the number of bidders or change the costs of construction projects. These findings serve to refute the bogus claims by the Associated Builders and Contractors and their allies in the “worker exploitation” sector of the construction industry that many contractors avoid bidding on projects with PLAs, thereby limiting the number of bidders and significantly increasing the cost of the project.

Contractor signs project labor agreement for I-35W bridge construction

John See — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:47:29 -0500

An agreement signed Tuesday ensures that all the construction work on the new I-35W bridge will be performed by union members.

Flatiron-Manson, the bridge contractor, signed a Project Labor Agreement Nov. 13 with the Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council.

Project Labor Agreements?

superuser — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:04:22 -0400

There are a series of questions that the public and sometimes our members have about Project Labor Agreements. The link below lists and answers the 10 most Frequently Asked Questions about PLA'S.

Project Labor Agreements and Competitive Bidding Statutes

superuser — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:02:26 -0400

Jolie M. Siegel, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law, Volume 3, No. 2, Winter 2001, pp. 295-331.
In this comment, Professor Siegel examines the nature of project labor agreements and the situations where developers, particularly public developers, seek to require adherence to a project labor agreement. Since the Supreme Court held, in the landmark Boston Harbor case, that federal law does not preempt project labor agreements, I will constrain my analysis to the state law issue of whether these project labor agreements violate state competitive bidding laws...
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Project Labor Agreements

superuser — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:48:25 -0400

for a very comprehensive list about Prevailing Wage Laws and Project Labor Agreements visit www.ri21.com/resources/articles.php. There you will find historical information about the federal Davis-Bacon Act, state prevailing wage laws and a comparison of public school construction costs.

New Toyota Plant to Be Constructed Under Project Labor Agreement

superuser — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:37:11 -0400

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America and the Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO continued to solidify their on-going partnership through the agreement by Toyota that its subsidiary – Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi – build a new $1.3 billion, 2 million square feet assembly plant and test track facility in northeast Mississippi under a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). Read more