Below are government-mandated Project Labor Agreements implemented at educational districts in California as of November 6, 2012 and privately-negotiated Project Labor Agreements implemented for construction at educational districts in California.
According to the latest information on the web site of the California Department of Education, California had 1,032 districts for K-12 schools in the 2009-10 school year. Also, the California Community College Chancellor’s Office indicates there are 112 community colleges in California.
While the percentage of the total number of California educational districts requiring their contractors to sign Project Labor Agreements with construction trade unions is small, unions now control much of the state’s educational construction funded by money borrowed through state and local bond sales. These 43 districts with Project Labor Agreements are mostly large urban districts with high numbers of students and significant construction expenditures. The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second largest school district in the United States, and it has an ongoing $20 billion construction program (not including the matching grants consisting of money borrowed through the state’s substantial educational bond sales).
Help make this compilation complete: if you have one of the two Project Labor Agreements on the list below that I don’t have, or possess a privately-negotiated Project Labor Agreement not on the list (such as a private agreement for certain developer-built schools), please contact me by using the contact box on this page: About Labor Issues Solutions, LLC and the Dayton Public Policy Institute.
Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements for K-12 School District and Community College District Construction in California
Privately-Negotiated Project Labor Agreements for K-12 School District and Community College District Construction in California
| CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-AT-RISK – MONTEREY COUNTY |
| Hartnell Community College District Project Labor Agreement – Measure H – 2004 – Negotiated by DPR Construction and Employers’ Advocate – Nullified After Three Small Projects |
| LEASE-LEASEBACK – KERN COUNTY |
| Westside Educational Complex for Delano Union School District Project Labor Agreement 2011 between Grapevine Advisors LLC and the Kern, Inyo, Mono Building and Construction Trades Council |
| DEVELOPER-BUILT SCHOOLS – CONTRA COSTA COUNTY |
| San Ramon Valley Center Campus of Contra Costa Community College District Project Labor Agreement between Windemere-Brookfield-Centex and UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 159 |
| Almond Grove Elementary School of Oakley Union Elementary School District Project Labor Agreement 2004 between Pulte Homes and UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 159, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 302, and Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 104 |
| Seven Schools (Including Creekside Elementary School) of San Ramon Valley Unified School District Project Labor Agreement between Shapell Industries and Windemere and UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 159 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 302 (copy not in my possession) |
| DEVELOPER-BUILT SCHOOLS – PLACER COUNTY |
| Junction Elementary School, Barbara Chilton Middle School, and Three Other Schools of Roseville City School District 2005 between Westpark Associates and Signature Properties and UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 447, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 340, and Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 162 |
| DEVELOPER-BUILT SCHOOLS – VENTURA COUNTY |
| Rio Del Mar Elementary School, Rio Vista Middle School, and Another Elementary School of the Rio School District in the RiverPark Development 2004 between RiverPark Development, LLC and Shea Homes with the Ventura County Building and Construction Trades Council |
| Rio Del Mar Elementary School, Rio Vista Middle School, and Another Elementary School of the Rio School District in the RiverPark Development 2007 between RiverPark Development, LLC and Shea Homes with the Ventura County Building and Construction Trades Council – Amendment |