Biden’s Labor Order Aims to Raise Wages on Infrastructure Jobs
- Collective bargaining to be used for infrastructure law work
- Applies to certain federally-procured projects funded by law
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President Joe Biden required large federal infrastructure projects to use project labor agreements, a collective bargaining measure the administration says will tilt the rules toward companies with higher-paid workers.
Biden, who has long touted his support for unions, sign an executive order on Friday at a union hall in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, implementing the rule for all federally procured construction projects above $35 million in value.