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Carpenters urge inclusion in proposed district PLA, warn of labor conflict if excluded

Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Education · April 21, 2026
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Summary

Representatives of the Carpenters Union told the board they must be included in any district-wide project labor agreement negotiations and warned that excluding carpenters risks protests or picketing; they requested the district require carpenters be part of PLA negotiations from the start.

Multiple speakers representing carpenters’ unions addressed the board during public comment to oppose negotiation of a district-wide project labor agreement (PLA) that would proceed without the carpenters’ representation. Matthew Beeston, who identified himself as…

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