Unions Drop Lawsuit to Enforce Biden-Era Labor Executive Order

Labor organizations are ending their suit alleging the US government is ignoring a Biden-era executive order requiring labor agreements for large-scale construction projects.

The organizations’ Monday notice of voluntary dismissal with the US District Court for the District of Columbia came about two weeks after a government court filing said the US Department of Defense and General Services Administration rescinded the policies at issue, and the case is moot. The plaintiffs, including North America’s Building Trades Unions—the construction arm of the AFL-CIO—and its affiliate, Baltimore-D.C. Metro Building and Construction Trades Council, alleged the agencies issued memoranda overriding a 2022 executive ...