Metro - File #: 2024-0238

• File #: 2024-0238
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/5/2024
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 5/16/2024
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2023.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Board approved a Motion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Construction industry, Contractors, Disparity Study, Gender, Informational Report, Labor, Labor agreements, Los Angeles International Airport, Metro Divisions, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Partnerships, Policy, Prime Contractor, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Strategic planning

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
MAY 16, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY (PLA/CCP)

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2023.

Issue
ISSUE

In January 2012, the Board approved the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the Construction Careers Policy (CCP), with a subsequent renewal in January 2017. The PLA/CCP encourages construction employment and training opportunities for members of economically disadvantaged areas throughout the United States on Metro's construction projects. An added value of the PLA is that work stoppages are prohibited.

In addition, Metro's PLA/CCP provides equitable opportunities for the historically underserved population, including women, with high-wage career opportunities in the construction industry.

Background
BACKGROUND

Consistent with the Board approved PLA and CCP (PLA/CCP), prime contractors are required to provide Metro with monthly reports detailing progress towards meeting the targeted worker hiring goals. Additionally, consistent with Metro's Labor Compliance policy and federal Executive Order 11246 (EO 11246), the prime contractors provide Metro with worker utilization data by ethnicity and gender. In accordance with EO 11246, Metro's program-wide goal for female participation in PLA/CCP construction projects is 6.90%.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
Metro's PLA/CCP provides training and employment opportunities in the construction industry to individuals residing in economically disadvantaged areas and disadvantaged workers. Since Metro's PLA/CCP inception and up to this reporting period, over $559 million in wages have been paid to individuals residing in economically disadvantaged areas, and over $104 million in wages paid t...