BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Mayor Brandon Scott announced Monday that Baltimore has reached an agreement to establish its first-ever project labor agreement, marking a significant shift in how the city will manage major public construction projects.
The agreement, reached in partnership with the Baltimore–D.C. Metro Building Trades Council and the Department of Public Works (DPW), will apply to four major DPW infrastructure projects and prioritize the use of union labor, expanded apprenticeship opportunities, and local hiring.
I am so proud to announce we’ve reached a consensus on Baltimore City’s first-ever Project Labor Agreement,” said Mayor Scott, via press release. “This is great news for our workers, our union partners, DPW, and our entire city. When it comes to projects that are as important as these, we want the best trained, most skilled labor on the job — and that’s union labor. I want to thank all of the folks who have worked with us for so long to finally make this happen…