Project labor agreement mandates: An ongoing saga

For several decades, federal contractors have monitored the ebbing-and-flowing status of project labor agreements (PLAs). A PLA is a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement, specifically authorized under federal labor law, establishing the terms and conditions of employment for a specific project or group of projects. It serves essentially as a project constitution, establishing uniform work rules […] <p>The post Project labor agreement mandates: An ongoing saga first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>

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