Since Election Day, AGC has sent nine letters opposing the possible use of project labor agreement (PLA) mandates posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) around the country. In the last week alone, AGC has sent letters in response to three USACE PLA inquiries from: (1) the Los Angeles District on a project at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.; (2) the Baltimore District on projects within the Baltimore-Washington Corridor; and (3) the Louisville District on a project at Fort Campbell, Ky.
AGC has sent 60 letters to federal agencies opposing PLA mandates and bid preferences during the Obama Administration, most in response to agency announcements that a PLA mandate or preference was under consideration for a particular project or an anticipated set of projects in a particular area. Of those, only one PLA mandate has been issued to date.
AGC neither supports nor opposes contractors’ voluntary use of PLAs on government projects, but strongly opposes any government mandate for contractors’ use of PLAs. AGC is committed to free and open competition for publicly funded work, and believes that the lawful labor relations policies and practices of private construction contractors should not be a factor in a government agency’s selection process.
For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at (703) 837-5425 or christiansonj@agc.org.
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