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Baltimore board approves first citywide project labor agreement for four DPW utility projects
Summary
The Board of Estimates approved a project labor agreement between Baltimore City and the Baltimore DC Metro Building & Construction Trades Council covering four DPW utility projects. Supporters said the PLA will boost local hiring and reduce change orders; critics warned it could disadvantage nonunion minority contractors and sought stronger accountability and training commitments.
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates on Jan. 7 approved a project labor agreement (PLA) between the Department of Public Works and the Baltimore DC Metro Building and Construction Trades Council that applies to four DPW utility projects, including the Dundalk Pumping Station rehabilitation and major pumping-station upgrades.
Deputy Director Alan Robinson told the board the PLA is focused on growing a local, skilled workforce and limiting long-term cost overruns by requiring winning contractors and most subcontractors to sign a letter of assent and comply with collective-bargaining provisions and apprenticeship programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. Robinson said the PLA sets local-hire targets of…
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