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Contractors sue city of Juneau over project labor agreement JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) _ The city of Juneau is being sued by a building contractors' association over the way the city doles out construction contracts. The Associated Builders and Contractors of Alaska contends the city's method is unfair. The issue centers on the city's project labor agreement for an estimated $14 million in renovations planned for Harborview Elementary School. Bids are due Wednesday and require that contractors agree to certain labor practices, including hiring only union tradesmen. The Assembly passed a nonbinding resolution in March supporting project labor agreements on city construction projects. And head city engineer, Roger Healy, has made project labor agreements part of five future city construction jobs. Healy has said project labor agreements were necessary because of the large amount of work required over a short period of time. |
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May 5, 2008 |
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