Project labor agreement (PLA) will cover four upcoming water and waste treatment projects.
Investigations found that two contractors illegally misclassified hundreds of construction workers and failed to pay rightfully earned wages.
Discussion focused on PLA benefits, opportunities for contractors and common myths about PLAs
Resolution articulates council’s intent to address issues that include worker health and safety, fair contracting, the right to organize a union, wage theft and more.
PLA will cover renovation of City Hall, Market Square Plaza and an underground garage.
Six-week apprenticeship readiness program offers participants an introduction to the unionized building trades.
Intentional employer misclassification of workers as “independent contractors” is widespread.
$144 million project is part of Phase II of the Prince George’s County “Blueprint Schools” initiative.
Union electrician and MD State Senator pens a “guidebook to navigating the earn-while-you-learn opportunity of a lifetime”
Commanders Agree to Labor Standards on Stadium, Commercial Parcels