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Union leaders and contractors urge APS board to adopt Community and Student Workforce Agreement
Summary
Multiple speakers during public forum asked the Albuquerque Public Schools board to support a Community and Student Workforce Agreement (CSWA) to require project labor agreements and state-certified apprenticeships on large APS construction projects, arguing it would create local career pathways and keep construction dollars in the community.
Several construction and labor representatives used public comment at the Nov. 5 Albuquerque Public Schools board meeting to ask the board to adopt a Community and Student Workforce Agreement (CSWA) for large district construction projects.
Rosendo Najar, who identified himself as president of Carpenter Local 1319, described CSWA as a mechanism to ensure that projects above a $5,000,000…
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