The Associated General Contractors of America and its Louisiana AGC chapter filed suit today in federal court to block the Biden Administration’s unlawful effort to mandate project labor agreements for major federal construction projects. Association officials noted that President Biden lacks the legal and constitutional authority to impose such sweeping labor policies that undermine current labor agreements for union firms and discriminate against open shop contractors.
“This new regulation is an unlawful solution in search of a nonexistent problem,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America. “Current law prohibits the president from unilaterally imposing labor and employment terms that would disrupt existing agreements for union contractors and exclude open shop firms from competing for federal projects.”
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