In its recent ruling with the Glens Falls (NY) Building and
Construction Trades Council, the NLRB held that a labor union representing
construction craft workers and the owner of an upcoming project
cannot lawfully agree to require the owner's construction
contractor to sign a project labor agreement.
The case grew out of an agreement between the unions representing the
construction craft workers in an area of New York and a private company that
designs, owns and operates power cogeneration facilities. The unions and the
owner had entered into an agreement providing that the owner would require its
construction contractor to sign a project labor agreement.