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
“When construction projects in the District don’t have PLAs, workers tend to get exploited by shady contractors who steal their wages.”
Major projects such as the redevelopment of Capital One Arena and the forthcoming RFK stadium project are fueling unprecedented demand for skilled construction labor.