US Defense Waives PLA Requirements on Large-Scale Construction Projects

February 13, 2025

In a letter dated Feb. 7 from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD), and signed by John Tenaglia, the US armed forces and additional departments have been ordered to remove project labor agreement (PLA) requirements on large-scale construction projects, effectively ending a Biden-era mandate that had irked non-union contractors and builders in the US.

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