Biden’s Labor Order Aims to Raise Wages on Infrastructure Jobs

President Joe Biden required large federal infrastructure projects to use project labor agreements, a collective bargaining measure the administration says will tilt the rules toward companies with higher-paid workers.

Biden, who has long touted his support for unions, signed an executive order on Friday at a union hall in Upper Marlboro, Md., implementing the rule for all federally procured construction projects above $35 million in value.

Biden said taxpayers would benefit from the labor agreements. “They ensure that major projects are handled by well-trained, well-prepared, highly skilled workers,” Biden said.

He added: “We’re going to make sure that federal construction ...