The following academic studies and professional reviews illustrate the value of project labor agreements.
Evaluating PLAs
"Why PLAs Are Good Public Policy" -Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations
"Evaluating PLA Performance: Studies Find Project Labor Agreements Offer Many Benefits Supporters Claim" -Cockshaw's Construction Labor News & Opinion, 2001.
"Constructing California: A Review of Project Labor Agreements" -California Research Bureau/California State Library.
"Project Labor Agreements" -Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, 2002.
Best Practices for Designing PLAs
"Building Better: A Look at Best Practices for the Design of Project Labor Agreements" - Economic Policy Institute, 2010.
PLAs and the Local Economy
"Making Development Work for Local Residents" -The Partnership for Working Families, 2008.
"Project Labor Agreements: A Home Run for Your Community" -State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, 2000.
"Project Labor Agreements" -Michigan State University, University of Rhode Island and the University of Utah. 2007.
"High Road or Low Road: Job Quality in the New Green Economy" -A Report by Good Jobs First, 2009.
PLAs and Construction Careers (including Local Hire Provisions and Apprentice Programs)
"Construction Careers For Our Communities" -UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education, 2008.
"Helping LA Grow Together: Why the Community Redevelopment Agency Should Adopt the Construction Careers Policy" -UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education, 2008.
"Local Hire Primer" -UCLA Center for LAbor Research and Education.
"Breaking Down Barriers, Building Up Communities: Implementing Project Labor Agreements with Targeted Hiring Goals" -Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 2010.
"Construction Apprenticeship Programs: Career Training for California's Recovery" -Center on Policy Initiatives, 2009.
The Economic Benefits of Prevailing Wages and an Insured Workforce
"Do Lower Prevailing Wages Reduce Public Construction Costs?" -Keystone Research Center, 1999.
"Prevailing Wage and Government Contracting Costs: A Review of the Research" -Economic Policy Institute, 2008.
"Prevailing Wage and the California Economy" -UC Berkeley's Institute of Industrial Relations, 1996.
"Construction without a Health Care Net" -Center on Policy Initiatives, 2009.
"The Working Uninsured: Uninsurance Rates within California Industries and Occupations, Part II" - Center on Policy Initiatives, 2008
Web Resources
California Department of Industrial Relations
UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education
California Construction Contracting Program
California Building Industry Association
U.S. Small Business Administration
