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Board approves project labor agreement for Marin County Fire Headquarters to prioritize local apprenticeships and project delivery
Summary
After multi-month negotiations, the board authorized the county executive to execute a project labor agreement (PLA) for the Marin County Fire Headquarters project. Supporters said the PLA secures workforce standards, apprenticeship pathways and on-time delivery; opponents warned about reduced competition and exclusion of nonunion contractors.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors authorized the county executive to execute a project labor agreement (PLA) for the Marin County Fire Headquarters project on Jan. 20, following a staff presentation and more than an hour of public comment both supporting and opposing the agreement.
Fabiola Guillen, capital projects division manager, described four months of negotiations with labor partners and staff, a project-delivery approach using progressive design-build and the PLA as a tool to meet "skilled and trained workforce" requirements. "This agreement was not easy…
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