Lawsuit alleges a wage theft “scheme” by three subcontractors
Project labor agreement (PLA) includes local hiring requirements for apprentices.
Jessica Looman (Photo: U.S. Department of Labor, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) The Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council
Project labor agreement (PLA) will cover four upcoming water and waste treatment projects.
Investigations found that two contractors illegally misclassified hundreds of construction workers and failed to pay rightfully earned wages.
Discussion focused on PLA benefits, opportunities for contractors and common myths about PLAs
