Agencies Drop Union Requirement for Large Federal Construction Projects

March 07, 2025

Government agencies are rolling back a mandate of the former Biden administration that contractors on large federal construction projects set labor agreements with unions. After a judge ruled Jan. 19 that the PLA requirement on construction projects over $35 million violated open-competition regulations and overstepped presidential authority, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs banned the agreements on their contracts. (It now appears the VA has reversed its PLA ban on one project.) The General Services Administration didn’t go quite as far but has issued an exception to the PLA mandate on a land port of entry project on the U.S. border.

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