Contractor Challenges Biden-Era Project Labor Agreement Rules

Nov. 5, 2025, 8:11 PM UTC

Slayden Plumbing & Heating, Inc., an Alaska mechanical contractor, is suing the General Services Administration, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal agencies and officials over a regulation requiring federal construction contractors to enter into project labor agreements with unions.

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a final rule in December 2023 implementing President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14063, which mandated that contractors on large federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more negotiate project labor agreements with labor unions. The regulation took effect in January 2024.

Slayden alleges in a complaint filed Wednesday that ...

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