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Board debate over Measure O addendum to project‑labor agreement turns contentious; carpenters press to be named separately
Summary
Board members Monday debated whether to fold the Measure O bond program into the district’s 2018 project‑labor agreement; labor representatives clashed over signature language and the board directed staff to revise the side letter to acknowledge the Northern California Carpenters as a separate entity.
Trustees debated whether to add Measure O capital projects to the district’s existing 2018 project‑labor agreement (PLA) at Monday’s meeting. The measure will provide roughly $90 million for district facilities projects; staff recommended a side letter to fold Measure O projects over $1 million into the PLA to preserve existing labor and contracting processes.
The discussion grew heated when the Northern California Carpenters — which dissociated from the local Building Trades Council in 2023 — asked to be explicitly named as a separate signatory in any side letter. Rick Solis of Carpenters Local 152 said the union wants explicit inclusion as a distinct party,…
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