As a former president of the local building trades council, and current business manager and financial secretary of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Union, Local #104 in western Massachusetts, I can tell ...

A federal court ruled on the side of contractors who protested an executive order for project labor agreements on large federal contracts. The United States Court of Federal Claims on Jan. 19 ruled in ...

A federal court declared President Joe Biden's policy requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects of $35 million or more to be unlawful. On Jan. 19, 2025, Judge Ryan T.

A hurdle to contractors bidding on many federal construction projects, erected by the Biden administration last year, looks to be crumbling. A recent court ruling quickly followed by federal agency ...

Unionized workers and supporters moments before elected officials voted on the Project Labor Agreement. The Merced City Council chambers were packed on Monday Oct. 21. The contract between city ...

Napa County may use its first-ever pre-hire project labor agreement for an upcoming renovation at its south campus, a move that could set a precedent for future construction projects. Such agreements ...

Project labor agreements favor unions while punishing successful small non-union contractors, two business owners say. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Construction is a tough business and certainly not ...

New York & Atlantic Railway and the BLET have finalized a multi-year labor agreement with wage hikes, retention pay, and long-term stability for freight workers.

EVERETT — Everett approved its first ever project labor agreement with union groups on Wednesday as part of an effort to build a large stormwater facility along Port Gardner Bay. Project labor ...

On September 30, 2024, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) labor agreement with U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast port operators ends. With negotiations over the summer unsuccessful, the ...