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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +

Percentage of Construction Industry Workers in a Union Continues to Decline

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/4/2024

According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis, the percentage of construction workers who belong to a union dropped to a record low of 10.7 percent in 2023. This is the latest in a generational shift. Over the...more

Contractor Alert: Biden Requires PLAs for Large Construction Projects

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/8/2022

President Biden’s latest Executive Order (EO), signed Friday, mandates U.S. agencies to require the use of project labor agreements (PLA) on large federal construction projects. PLAs are collective bargaining agreements...more

Exercise Caution With Mandated Construction Project Labor Agreements

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/30/2021

A project labor agreement (PLA) is a type of collective bargaining agreement that covers multiple unionized trades working on a single defined project. While advocates emphasize the advantages of PLAs, construction owners and...more

Proposed Project Labor Agreement in Baltimore Opposed by Large Companies, Minority Construction Contractors

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/27/2020

An effort by several Baltimore City Councilmembers to mandate project labor agreements (PLAs) for certain large city contracts has triggered strong opposition from the city’s contracting community. Although there is often...more

With the Election (Mercifully) Behind Us, What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Employers?

Littler on 11/10/2016

The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more

Federal Court Upholds Louisiana Ban on Project Labor Agreements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/1/2015

A federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana recently ruled that Louisiana’s ban on project labor agreements on public works projects was neither unconstitutional nor preempted by the National Labor Relations Act...more

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