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Job Targeting Programs

Learn about the Laborers' International Union of North America's job targeting programs that help signatory contractors compete in a predominantly non-union environment. Explore the history, criteria, funding, and results of these programs.

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Job Targeting Programs

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  1. Laborers’ International Union of North America Job Targeting Programs Helping Signatory Contractors Compete in an Overwhelmingly Non-Union Environment National LECET

  2. History • NECA – IBEW Local 595 • June 24, 1987 Vacation Deduction Permits Job Targeting • June 3, 1998 Associated Builders and Contractors Claim Violation of Copland Act • June 13, 1991 Decision of the Wage Appeals Board • June 20, 1995 U.S. Department of Labor Clarification

  3. LIUNA Targeting Programs • MA Unified Trust • Washington-Northern Idaho District Council Work Recovery Program • Midwest Region Work Preservation & Market Recovery Program • LDC of Philadelphia & Vicinity Pinpoint Program • Mid-Atlantic Targeting Program • Chicago Targeting Program

  4. Criteria for Targeting Programs • Requesting contractor must be signatory to the master labor agreement. • Project must have non-union competition. • The contractor cannot be delinquent in benefit fund payments. • All signatory contractors are notified of approval. • Funds must be reimbursed directly to the contractor.

  5. Funding – Legal Issues • Must come from the union’s general treasury. • Must be from general dues not specifically earmarked to targeting. • Can be used on federal prevailing rate projects. • Must not be deducted from wages. • Must not be from employer contributions.

  6. Payments • Must be made directly to employers. • Should not be paid to workers or benefit funds. • Employer must pay prevailing rates including fringe benefits

  7. Selecting Targets • Organizing • Single Contractor • Industry

  8. Results of Targeting Programs • Philadelphia’s Pinpoint Program (Totals since 1998) • Total Projects Won: 49 • Total man hours generated: 286,054 • Total money committed: $1,304,370 • Total generated in wages and fringes: $9,439,782 • Total rate of return: 7.27 to 1 • Midwest Region’s Work Preservation & Market Recovery Program (Totals since Feb. 2001) • Total money committed: $302,000 • Total generated in wages and fringes: $8,750,000 • Total rate of return: 29 to 1.

  9. Results of Targeting Programs • Massachusetts Unified Trust

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