CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY - LATEST CAMPAIGN UPDATES |
April 23, 2008
Workers, Clergy and Community Celebrate Passage of Historic CRA Construction Policy
February 26, 2008
LAANE And Its Allies Celebrate Community Redevelopment Agency’s Passage Of Trail-Blazing Construction Policy
About The Los Angeles Construction Careers Policy
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Billions of dollars are spent each year in Los Angeles’ commercial construction industry; yet typically, when projects are developed in low-income communities, local residents rarely benefit from the accompanying jobs, even when the project is subsidized by public funds.
The Construction Careers Policy
Designed by the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the LA/Orange County Building Trades Council, and other community leaders, this policy will require that contractors on most CRA-subsidized projects:
 Hire more local and “at risk” residents from the communities in which the project is being built.
Comply with a Project Labor Agreement that ensures more jobs on these projects are middle-class, union jobs.
By hiring within the communities meant to benefit from CRA/LA funding, this policy would ensure that the money stays in the community.
The Impact: Trailblazing Policy that will Effect Lives and Establish National Precedent
The policy would cover 15,000 anticipated construction jobs over the next 5 years: 30% of those would go to local residents who live in the underserved areas targeted by CRA/LA and 10% would go to residents considered “at risk.”
This would be the first time a community redevelopment agency has implemented an agency-wide local hire requirement or a Project Labor Agreement policy of this scale.
This would also be the first time that a city agency-wide Project Labor Agreement included privately-funded projects.
This policy represents the culmination of an historic collaboration between the construction trades, low income communities of color and faith-based leaders.
For more information on the Construction Careers Policy contact Flor Barajas-Tena at 213-977-9400 ext. 137.
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