Government,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Aug. 14, 2014
Public PLAs: a win-win for labor and management
While there is often a political component to using public labor agreements, there is also increasing recognition that they are an effective tool for ensuring labor peace and may not increase costs.
Jonathan V. Holtzman
Founding Partner
Renne Public Law Group, LLP
Public Law Group is a law firm representing primarily local government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area, California's Central Valley and Southern California.
Twenty-one years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of public sector project labor agreements (PLAs) in Building & Constr. Trades Council v. Associated Builders & Contractors of Mass./R. I. Inc., 507 U.S. 218 (1993) ("Boston Harbor"). Fifteen years ago, the state Supreme Court confirmed that PLAs are not barred by state competitive bidding requirements in Associated Builders & Contractors Inc. v. San Francisco Airports Com., 21 Cal. 4th 352 (1999) ("S...
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