Project Labor Agreements: An Exploratory Study

Daniel Rounds, Occasional Paper No. 2, Institute for Labor and Employment, UCLA, October 2001.

Project Labor Agreements (also known as Project Stabilization Agreements), are a form of "pre-hire" collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the owner of a construction project, the construction manager, and the labor unions who represent construction workers. PLAs are known as "pre-hire" agreements because they are negotiated before contractors hire the workers employed on the project. They are typically used where large complex projects, either public or private, involve multiple contractors and crafts trades...

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