Advocacy

ABCIL works hard to represent our members, workers, apprentices by upholding the merit shop philosophy at local legislative meetings, hearings, press conferences and other forums.

We successfully educate the community about local legislation, candidates and elections, ignite grassroots efforts (letter campaigns, phone calls, legislative visits) to support critical issues, and we help with political fundraising to support construction-friendly candidates and legislation.

What are PLAs?

Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) are restrictive agreements that keep contractors and their highly skilled and trained employees from bidding on and winning construction projects. PLAs exclude the merit shop workforce from working on projects they are qualified for, which is discriminatory and can have costly side effects.