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Project Labor Agreements (PLAs): What Contractors Need to Know

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A project labor agreement, or PLA, is a prehire collective bargaining agreement that sets the wages and benefits for all workers on a project. To ensure that you have enough cash to pay your employees, you can take advantage of financing to pay for materials or mobilization costs. What is a project labor agreement? Learn More.

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Deal of the Decade

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Industry analysts view the RFP as a last-ditch effort to break the deadlock and bring the union back to the bargaining table. Neither side characterized the meeting as a negotiating session, but the union confirmed it’s been urged by WA Gov. Jay Inslee and Everett Mayor Ray Stephenson to resume talks.

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