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Fresno review finds local‑hire goals unmet under city's project labor agreement; staff to renegotiate
Summary
A two‑year review of Fresno's Project Labor Agreement (PLA) shows the city fell short of its local‑hire and new‑apprentice targets. City staff will meet with union partners to explore changes, and council members proposed an expedited renegotiation and changes to the threshold of projects covered by the PLA.
City staff told the Fresno City Council on Jan. 30 that the first two years of the city's Project Labor Agreement produced more than two dozen covered construction projects but failed to meet the PLA's local‑hire and new‑apprentice goals.
The PLA review, presented by Joshua Rhodes, assistant director of construction management, and Kelly Yost, the city's construction manager, showed 26 PLA projects identified in the first two years with approximately $86 million in completed PLA work. "As you can see, none of the goals were met," Yost said, summarizing the report.
The agreement sets targets of 50% journey‑level hours and 55% apprentice hours performed by Fresno residents, and it calls for at least 30% of apprenticeship hours to be from newly enrolled local apprentices. The two‑year implementation data showed…
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