Project Labor Agreements: Fighting for fair and safe workplaces in Massachusetts
Massachusetts must reinvest in aging infrastructure, and build new projects to mitigate and adapt to climate change, reduce pollution, and reverse historical environmental injustices.
Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) are key to ensuring that state projects are completed efficiently and safely while creating a strong pipeline into good careers for women and people of color.
The Green Justice Coalition’s triple win pledge is part of a campaign to uplift our communities by ensuring the public infrastructure we need is built with strong project labor agreements. With PLAs, we can achieve a triple win in the green economy
The Triple Win:
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Build the infrastructure we need to advance environmental justice and create a just transition to a sustainable climate future.
- ECONOMIC JUSTICE: Advance family-sustaining, union career pathways by investing in “earn while you learn” registered apprenticeship training programs.
- EQUITY: Provide access and opportunities for people of color, women, and working-class Massachusetts residents through targeted outreach and recruitment programs, child care options for workers, and provisions to promote the use of MBEs and WBEs.
Project Labor Agreements will allow us to maximize the benefits of historic federal funding from the Biden Administration, which is expected to yield at least $9 billion for Massachusetts to invest in needed infrastructure including climate mitigation, pollution reduction, transit, public buildings, water and sanitation, and other projects that will make Massachusetts cleaner, greener, and more equitable.
