After 20 Years, City of San Francisco Poised to Require Construction Companies to Sign Project Labor Agreements with Unions

Dec. 11, 2018

Today (December 11, 2018), the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on a "Citywide Project Labor Agreement." The proposed ordinance would amend the city's Administrative Code to require a citywide project labor agreement applicable to certain types of public work or improvement projects with projected costs over the threshold amounts (ranging from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 depending on the year in which the advertisement for bid is released; or $10,000,000 if the project is funded by a source other than a general obligation bond) or where delay in completing the project may interrupt or delay services or use of facilities that are important to the City’s essential operations or infrastructure.

This means construction companies will be required to sign a Project Labor Agreement with unions to work on all but the smallest city contracts.

See the agenda item here: Administrative Code - Citywide Project Labor Agreement - Public Work or Improvement Projects

The staff report lists the following affiliated unions of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council with whom construction companies will need to sign the agreement:

Boilermakers, Local 549
Bricklayers & Allied Crafts, Local 3
Carpenters, Local 22
Carpenters, Local 2236
Carpet Layers, Local 12
Cement Masons, Local 300, Area 580
Electrical Workers, Local 6
Elevator Constructors, Local 8
Glaziers, Local 718
Hod Carriers, Local 36
Insulators & Asbestos Workers, Local 16
International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 21
Ironworkers - Field Local 377
Laborers, Local 67
Laborers, Local 261
Lathers, Local 68L
Millwrights, Local 102
Operating Engineers, Local 3
Painters & Tapers, Local 913
Piledrivers, Local 34
Plasterers, Local 66
Plumbers & Pipefitters, Local 38
Roofers & Waterproofers, Local 40
SEIU Local 1877, Window Cleaners
Sheetmetal Workers, Local 104
Sign & Display, Local 510
Sprinkler Fitters, Local 483
Teamsters, Local 665
Teamsters, Local 853 (San Leandro)
Teamsters, Local 2785
Upholsterers/United Steel Workers, Local 1304