Metro - File #: 2023-0012

• File #: 2023-0012
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/9/2023
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 2/16/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending September 2022.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Board approved a Motion, Construction, Construction industry, Contractors, Gender, Grant Aid, Informational Report, Labor, Labor agreements, Outreach, Policy, Prime Contractor, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Strategic planning

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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 16, 2023

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

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending September 2022.

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 from economically disadvantaged areas and individuals that are socially barriered. As of this reporting period, over $475 million in wages have been paid to individuals residing in economically disadvantaged areas, and over $89 million in wages paid to disadvant...