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Dam restoration jobs will be union gigs, Deluzio says
May 6, 2024 // The restoration project is part of President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and will require approximately 28,000 construction jobs. It’s expected to cost $857 million. To comply with a Biden executive order, federally funded projects totaling more than $35 million require project labor agreements, identified as pre-hire collectively bargained agreements negotiated between contractors and construction unions. These agreements establish the terms and conditions of employment. Deluzio’s news release, however, states that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was not initially complying with this order. So the congressman stepped in to coordinate with local unions, the Biden administration and the Army Corps to make sure PLAs were in place for all work on the Montgomery Lock and Dam.