Legal Risk Looms as Biden Plans Union-Backed Procurement Push

The Biden administration has been mulling how bold it should be as it plans to overhaul the federal contracting process to provide greater protections for workers, resurrecting elements of a decades-long union crusade that fell short during the Obama era.

Through a series of executive actions that started Friday and are expected to continue in coming months, President Joe Biden will seek to fulfill his campaign promise to “ensure federal dollars do not flow to employers who engage in union-busting activities, participate in wage theft, or violate labor law.”

The plans, now under close review, were subject to debate inside ...