Amendment ID: S2439-1.1

Further Amendment 1.1

Project labor agreements

Mr. Pacheco moves that the amendment be amended by striking the amendment text and inserting in place the following text:-

"by inserting after section 5 the following section:-

SECTION X. The funds authorized by item 4000-2026 of section 2 for the construction of a new facility for the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke to replace the existing Soldiers’ Home facility that is sufficiently extensive in size, complexity and duration shall be expended pursuant to a project labor agreement and in accordance with the following conditions: (a) the provisions of sections 26 to 27F, inclusive, and section 29 of chapter 149 of the General Laws shall apply to all contracts for said project; and (b) all construction employees employed in the construction of said project shall be paid not less than the wage rate established for the work pursuant to a project labor agreement with the appropriate labor organization or labor organizations, which shall include: (i) a uniform grievance and arbitration procedure for the resolution of work-related disputes on job sites; (ii) mutually agreeable uniform work rules and schedules for the project; (iii) an obligation for any labor organization and its constituent members not to strike with respect to work on the project; and (iv) the participation goals of minority and women workers to be employed on each such contract and the processes and procedures to ensure compliance with those workforce participation goals, including the reporting and enforcement requirements of paragraph (G) of section 44A of said chapter 149. There shall be no precondition to the award of a contract that a bidder has previously entered into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization; provided, that the bidder shall be willing to execute and comply with the project labor agreement for the project if it is awarded a contract for the designated project."