Punching In: White House Mulling Order on Contract Labor Pacts

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Ben Penn and Ian Kullgren: The Biden administration has been reviewing the legality of issuing an executive order to expand federal agencies’ use of project labor agreements, a mechanism that could ensure infrastructure legislation creates union construction jobs, according to six sources briefed on the matter.

The order would update and strengthen an Obama-era order from 2009 that encouraged federal agencies to voluntarily consider requiring project labor agreements when awarding contracts of at least $25 million, the sources said.

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