This week, AGC sent three 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. Specifically, AGC sent letters in response to two USACE PLA inquiries and one NAVFAC PLA inquiry from: (1) USACE Albuquerque District for a project at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.; (2) USACE Baltimore District for projects in Utah, Nevada and Colorado; and (3) NAVFAC Southwest for a project at Seal Beach, Calif.
AGC has sent over 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) 837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.
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