It appears this firm has decided to take on the unions…
From the American Surveyor (NH/DC):
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) member company North Branch Construction, a Concord, N.H.-based general contractor, Oct. 5 filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The complaint accuses the DOL of violating federal law by mandating the use of a project labor agreement (PLA) – a controversial contract that strongly favors union-signatory contractors, increases the cost of construction up to 18 percent, and restricts competition from nonunion contractors and their qualified workforce – in its bid specifications for the construction of a federal DOL Job Corps center in Manchester, N.H.
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