Metro - File #: 2019-0032

• File #: 2019-0032
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/24/2019
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 3/21/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the: A. Status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2018; and B. Women in the Trades Action Plan.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Construction, Construction industry, Contractors, Disparity Study, Division 01, Division 09, Division 16, Gender, Informational Report, Labor, Labor agreements, Los Angeles International Airport, Maintenance, Maintenance of way, Metro Blue Line, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Divisions, Metro Green Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail K Line, Minorities, Non-revenue Vehicles, Outreach, Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station, Pilot studies, Plan, Policy, Prime Contractor, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Rehabilitation (Maintenance), Soundwall, United States Department Of Transportation, Vehicle maintenance, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, Zero Emissions

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MARCH 21, 2019

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

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the:

A. Status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2018; and

B. Women in the Trades Action Plan.

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.
This report provides an update on the PLA/CCP through the quarter ending December 2018.

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 on PLA/CCP construction projects is 6.90%.

Metro staff has continued to advance several initiatives with focus on increasing the overall female participation attainment such as: development of an action plan as presented in November 2017, deployment of a performance score card including development and distribution of Women in the Trades Resource Guide, and continued engagement with Metro's prime contractors and job coordinators with a focus on female worker outr...