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San Mateo council directs staff to negotiate community workforce agreement, starts five‑project pilot
Summary
The City of San Mateo council unanimously directed staff to negotiate a community workforce agreement (CWA) with labor representatives and pursue a project-specific pilot of five learning projects, with staff to return with data on bids, costs and apprenticeship outcomes.
The City of San Mateo City Council on Nov. 17 directed staff to negotiate a community workforce agreement (CWA) with the San Mateo County Building Construction Trades Council and to pilot the approach on a set of five city projects. The council’s direction was unanimous by voice and nods after an extended presentation by Public Works Director Matt Fabry and more than an hour of public comment.
Fabry told the council staff had reviewed regional examples and the city’s bid history and proposed two decision paths for council: a project-specific pilot or a dollar-threshold approach. He summarized staff findings including 119 projects put to bid since 2019, 34 of them over $2,000,000, and flagged common issues in CWAs/PLAs such as potential “double benefits” payments by nonunion contractors and administrative burdens for city…
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