White House Office of Management and Budget directs federal agencies to continue using project labor agreements on construction projects but broadens allowable exceptions.
A federal appeals court granted a preliminary injunction to keep the project labor agreement mandate in force after a lawsuit by North America's Building Trades Unions challenged suspension of those pacts.
Federal Court of Claims has nullified previous administration labor agreement mandate that required them for most federal projects of $35M or larger, finding that competitive bidding could not be upheld under the rule and the executive order that required it.
In just submitted comments, trade groups cite concerns in proposed rule to track direct and indirect emissions as it is set to finalize, but some join advocates in seeing it as key step to reduce climate impact
An Obama administration rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to disclose past labor-law violations puts the contractor groups and organized labor at odds.