Pressley in Hearing: Project Labor Agreements are Essential to Economic and Racial Justice
Highlights Massachusetts’ Leadership in Using PLAs to Increase Diversity in Trades
WASHINGTON – In a House Oversight Committee hearing, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), discussed the importance of Project Labor Agreements (PLA) in addressing racial and economic injustices, and highlighted Massachusetts’ leadership in using PLAs to increase diversity in the trades while cutting project costs.
PLAs are collective bargaining agreements for individual construction projects that are negotiated pre-hire between project managers and workers who set wages, benefits, health and safety provisions, and other work conditions.
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