Fifty Republican Members of Congress and 18 Republican governors are urging President Joe Biden to withdraw the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s (FARC) proposal to require unionized workforces on most government-funded construction projects.
The FARC proposal implements Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14063 that requires Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on all “major” federal construction projects. Use of a PLA in a federal contract means that only companies with unionized employees are eligible to bid and be selected for a federal project.
