New Rule Implements Executive Order Encouraging Project Labor Agreements for Federal Contractors

Andrew Peterson, Phil Rosen, Thomas Walsh, and Harold Wei
April 23, 2010 — 269 views  


Shortly after President Barack Obama took office in 2009, he signed an Executive Order authorizing federal government agencies to require every contractor or subcontractor on a large-scale construction project to negotiate or become a party to a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with one or more labor organizations.  The Defense Department, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which together maintain the Federal Acquisition Regulation council, have published a final rule, amending the FAR, to implement the Executive Order. 
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