WASHINGTON — The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has announced its support of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that upholds presidential executive order 13202, ensuring that there are no mandatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on federally funded or federally assisted construction projects. ABC says that it opposes PLAs.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it denied certiorari in the case Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Joe M Allbaugh, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency et al., upholding a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decision which upheld President Bush’s executive order.