End mandatory Project Labor Agreements; repeal Davis–Bacon prevailing wage
Mandate’s alternative labor policy calls to end mandatory PLAs on federal procurement and repeal Davis–Bacon as an effective tax raising construction costs ~10%.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 18 (Labor) — Alternative Policy on PLAs/Davis–Bacon: agencies should end all mandatory Project Labor Agreement requirements; Congress should enact Davis–Bacon Repeal Act.
Undo plan
1) Keep Davis–Bacon prevailing wages on federal construction.
2) Allow PLAs where they improve quality/labor peace, with competition safeguards.
3) Improve DOL prevailing-wage survey methods rather than repeal.
4) Enforce wage theft protections on federal jobs.
5) Verify: bid participation; wage theft recoveries; project cost/quality metrics.