Brian Hubbell voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Authorizes Project Labor Agreements for Public Works Projects
Signed by Governor Janet Mills
Title: Authorizes Project Labor Agreements for Public Works Projects
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes project labor agreements for public work projects.
Authorizes a public authority to require a project labor agreement for any public works project when that public authority has determined that it is in the public’s interest to require an agreement (Sec. 2).
Requires the public authority to consider the effects a project labor agreement may have on the following (Sec. 2):
The efficiency, cost, and direct and indirect economic benefits to the public authority;
The availability of a skilled workforce to complete the public works project;
The prevention of construction delays;
The safety and quality of the public works project;
The advancement of minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses; and
Employment opportunities for the community.
Requires a project labor agreement required by a public authority to do the following (Sec. 2):
Set forth mutually binding procedures for resolving disputes that can be implemented without delay;
Include guarantees against a strike, lockout or other concerted action aimed at slowing or stopping the progress of the public works project;
Ensure a reliable source of skilled and experienced labor;
Include goals for the number of apprentices and for a percentage of work to be performed by minorities, women and veterans;
Provide for the invitation of all contractors to bid on the public works project without regard to whether the employees of any such contractor are members of a labor organization;
Permit the selection of the lowest responsible qualified bidder without regard to labor organization affiliation; and
Bind all contractors and subcontractors to the terms of the agreement.
Prohibits a project labor agreement required by a public authority pursuant to this section from requiring compulsory labor organization membership of employees working on the public works project (Sec. 2),
Specifies that a bidder for a public work’s project that does not agree to abide by the conditions of the project labor agreement or a requirement to negotiate a project labor agreement may not be regarded as a responsible qualified bidder for the project (Sec. 2).
Title: Authorizes Project Labor Agreements for Public Works Projects
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes project labor agreements for public work projects.
Authorizes a public authority to require a project labor agreement for any public works project when that public authority has determined that it is in the public’s interest to require an agreement (Sec. 2).
Requires the public authority to consider the effects a project labor agreement may have on the following (Sec. 2):
The efficiency, cost, and direct and indirect economic benefits to the public authority;
The availability of a skilled workforce to complete the public works project;
The prevention of construction delays;
The safety and quality of the public works project;
The advancement of minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses; and
Employment opportunities for the community.
Requires a project labor agreement required by a public authority to do the following (Sec. 2):
Set forth mutually binding procedures for resolving disputes that can be implemented without delay;
Include guarantees against a strike, lockout or other concerted action aimed at slowing or stopping the progress of the public works project;
Ensure a reliable source of skilled and experienced labor;
Include goals for the number of apprentices and for a percentage of work to be performed by minorities, women and veterans;
Provide for the invitation of all contractors to bid on the public works project without regard to whether the employees of any such contractor are members of a labor organization;
Permit the selection of the lowest responsible qualified bidder without regard to labor organization affiliation; and
Bind all contractors and subcontractors to the terms of the agreement.
Prohibits a project labor agreement required by a public authority pursuant to this section from requiring compulsory labor organization membership of employees working on the public works project (Sec. 2),
Specifies that a bidder for a public work’s project that does not agree to abide by the conditions of the project labor agreement or a requirement to negotiate a project labor agreement may not be regarded as a responsible qualified bidder for the project (Sec. 2).
Title: Authorizes Project Labor Agreements for Public Works Projects