The last thing hardworking men and women in the construction industry should be facing is more union coercion — but that’s precisely what they’ve received in President Biden’s latest Executive Order. Mandating the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on any federal construction project which costs more than $35 million disenfranchises the majority of hardworking men and women in the construction industry who choose not to join a union.
By requiring labor union participation on federal projects, Biden’s executive order allows unions to hold important federal projects hostage. PLAs virtually guarantee bureaucratic bloat and wasted taxpayer dollars.
When President Biden pledged to be “the most pro-union president leading the most pro-union administration” on the campaign trail, he meant it.
President Biden seems oblivious to the fact that supporting overzealous union bosses isn’t the same as supporting workers. According to the Associated Builders and Contractors, his executive order would significantly raise construction costs and exclude non-unionized construction workers.…
Union affiliation should never be the precursor to accessing federal projects or economic opportunity. Yet Biden’s executive order rewards special interests and effectively shuts out 87 percent of construction workers who choose not to belong to a union, regardless of whether unionization is the best option for them.
