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The Road to Responsible Contracting: Lessons from States and Cities for Ensuring That Federal Contracting Delivers Good Jobs and Quality Services
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2009
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
This report outlines the failures of the current federal contracting system, and highlights state and city governments that are implementing responsible contracting reforms. Reform recommendations include conducting rigorous responsibility reviews and background checks on potential...
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Los Angeles Resolution Establishing Targeted Hiring Requirements
Type Resolution
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source City of Los Angeles
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This ordinance requires the Department of Public Works to abide by targeted hiring requirements. At least 30% of total hours worked on a project shall be performed by local residents; 20% shall be performed by apprentices; and 10% shall be performed by disadvantaged workers (e.g....
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San Francisco Local Hiring Policy for Construction Fact Sheet
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This fact sheet briefly summarized San Francisco's local hiring policy for construction projects. It requires 30% of all project hours within each trade to be performed by local residents, and no less than 15% of all project work hours within each trade to be performed by disadvantaged...
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Exploring Targeted Hire: An Assessment of Best Practices in the Construction Industry
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2014
Level County
State(s) All States
Source UCLA Labor Center
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development
Public construction projects are an expenditure of public tax dollars; as such, public agencies have an opportunity to develop policies for public construction projects to benefit taxpayers with employment and business opportunities. Targeted hire initiatives create institutional...
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First Source Hiring
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2011
Level County, City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Oftentimes, the residents intended to benefit from local development projects are left out of the employment opportunities that arise from said projects. First source hiring ordinances, contract clauses, and related agreements aim to rectify this issue by providing employment opportunities...
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Seattle Priority Hire on City Construction Projects
Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families
Seattle's Priority Hire program aims to provide construction career opportunities for underrepresented community members. It prioritizes local workers from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, women, and people of color, offering training and job access. The report outlines the...
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Community Workforce Agreements: The Pathway to Coalitions Between Labor and Community
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2010
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Emerald Cities Planning Committee
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces, Finance & Procurement, Energy, Democracy & Governance
This report outlines effective and equitable community workforce agreements (CWAs) and recommends that these agreements include alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, collectively bargained wage and benefit rates, targeted hiring plans, and accountability monitoring systems. It...
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Newark Ordinance Establishing Local Hiring Requirements
Type Ordinance
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) New Jersey
Source Newark Clerk Office
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This ordinance requires contracting companies to maintain, to the greatest extent possible, a workforce composed of 40% qualified Newark residents....
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Making Development Work for Local Residents: Local Hire Programs and Implementation Strategies that Serve Low-Income Communities
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2008
Level County
State(s) All States
Source The Partnership for Working Families
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Democracy & Governance
This report examines how community benefits agreements strengthen urban communities by creating high-quality jobs, career advancement, sustainability, and affordable housing. It highlights the need for local hire requirements to ensure that public funds invested in economic development...
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The Role of Local Government in Protecting Workers Rights
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States, Wyoming
Source Local Progress
Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Health, Public Safety
Protecting and advancing worker' rights are central functions of local governments. This report provides an overview of some of the most noteworthy ways in which localities have taken action on behalf of working people, in spite of challenges imposed by federal and state preemption...
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2011 Los Angeles Ordinance 181520 Establishing Targeted Hiring Requirements
Type Ordinance
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Council of the City of Los Angeles
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This ordinance requires Los Angeles' Board of Public Works to approve a project labor agreement that includes provisions to promote the hiring of local residents, apprentices, and disadvantaged workers (i.e. unemployed and under-employed workers). City public works contracts are subject...
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Best Value Contracting and Public Works Contracts
Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2010
Level County
State(s) Wisconsin
Source City Of Madison Engineering Division
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
Best Value Contracting creates a set of enforceable qualifications with a single point of accountability, pervormance qualifications, workforce development, oversight and transparency on publicly funded projects....
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Establishing Procedures and Criteria for the Appropriate Use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on Major King County Capital Construction and Alternative Delivery Projects Executive Order PER 13-1
Type Executive Order
Year 2013
Level County
State(s) Washington
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Democracy & Governance
This executive order mandates project labor agreements (PLAs) for all significant capital projects undertaken by King County. These PLAs are comprehensive pre-hire collective bargaining agreements that establish terms and conditions of employment for an entire construction project...
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