Statement of Mark H. Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department on the U.S. House of Representatives Rejection of Attacks on Project Labor Agreements and the Davis-Bacon Act

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the third time in approximately three months, the U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to reject a misguided attempt to prohibit the federal government from even considering the utilization of project labor agreements (PLA) as a means to achieve increased productivity and cost-efficiencies, while also dismissing a move to strip prevailing wage protections for American construction workers.

In each instance, strong bi-partisan majorities emerged to support PLAs and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage standards.  27 House Republican representatives stood with America's Building Trades Unions in support of PLAs, while 54 GOP members supported Davis-Bacon.

Without question, these votes have sent an unmistakable message that such politically-motivated attacks must come to an end once and for all; and that our elected leaders in Washington should instead direct their energies and focus on the business of putting American workers back to work.

The Building and Construction Trades Department is an alliance of 13 national and international unions that collectively represent more than 2 million skilled craft professionals in the United States and Canada

SOURCE Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

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