National Agreements

National Maintenance Agreement (NMA)
Parties: Laborers' International Union and individual employers
Scope: Maintenance, repair, replacement and renovation. The NMA is intended for work of less than a year's duration. The NMA is used in facilities such as petro-chemical, utility, steel and automotive plants. The NMA program is administered and guided by the NMA Policy Committee, a joint committee of labor and management. Extensions are on a location-by-location basis. Revisions to the agreement can only be made by a majority vote of the NMAPC.
Effective dates: The agreement continues until terminated by 90 days written notice by either party.

General Presidents' Project Maintenance Agreement
Parties: Affiliates of Building and Construction Trades Department and Associated Maintenance Contractors.
Scope: On-going maintenance, repair, renovation and replacement work in plants, industrial facilities, utility installations and other facilities for an initial period of not less than one year. Maintenance shall be work performed for the repair, renovation, replacement and upkeep of property, machinery and equipment within the limits of the plant property. This agreement does not cover work performed by the contractor of a new construction nature. Contractors signed to the GPA are not required to become signatory to a local collective bargaining agreement. The owner may choose to perform or directly subcontract or purchase any part of the work. Effective dates: One year - thereafter the agreement continues in full force and effect from year-to-year until terminated at the option of either party with 60 days prior notice.

National Pipeline Agreement
Parties: Laborers' International Union and the Pipeline Contractors Association.
Scope: Applies to all transportation mainline pipeline and underground cable work in the U.S. The agreement covers construction, installation, double jointing, rebeveling, treating, insulation, reconditioning, testing, taking-up, relaying, or relocation of cross-country pipelines or any segments thereof transporting coal, gas, oil, water, or other transportable materials, vapors or liquids, including portions of such pipelines within private property boundaries, up to the first metering station or connection.
Effective dates: June 5, 2023 - May 31, 2026.

National Distribution Agreement
Parties: Laborers' International Union and Distribution Contractors of America.
Scope: Applies to all distribution pipeline and utility construction, including other underground distribution facilities for public or private utilities (except sewer and water lines) in the U.S. The agreement covers the repair, maintenance, construction, installation, treating and reconditioning of distribution pipelines transporting coal, gas, oil or other similar materials, vapors or liquids (except sewer and water lines), as well as conduit, telephone lines and power lines. (Addendum B can be found on the LIUNA Private Site)
Effective dates: June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2027

National Offshore Wind Agreement
Please contact the Construction Department for further details.

National Wind Turbine Agreement
Currently, there are multiple Wind Turbine Agreements. Please contact the Construction Department for further details.

National Tri-Trade Solar Agreement
The National Tri-Trade Solar Agreement is an innovative partnership between the Laborers, Operating Engineers and Electricians unions that will streamline the construction process for utility-scale solar across the United States and reduce the burdens on developers, contractors and customers to meet the requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act and clear other regulatory hurdles.
Scope: Applies to and covers all on-site construction work associated with utility-scale, ground-mounted solar projects of 1 Megawatt or above located in the United States of America, except for projects located in California.
Effective dates: Three-year agreement, thereafter the agreement continues in full force and effect from year-to-year until terminated at the option of either party with 60 days prior notice.

National Construction Agreement (Brown Book)
Parties: Laborers' International Union and individual employers.
Scope: All field construction, demolition, plant-type construction near or adjacent to job sites, and other construction work. Joint venture construction projects in which the employer is a sponsor or managing partner is covered. The employer agrees that local residents, hired pursuant to the hiring procedure, with the exception of the employer's key personnel, should perform all work under this agreement. Under this agreement, the employers hold pre-job conferences and must comply with local rates of pay, overtime, travel and subsistence pay, and all local fringe benefits.
Effective dates: One year - thereafter the agreement continues in full force and effect from year-to-year until terminated at the option of either party with 60 days prior notice.

National Construction Agreement (Building Trades)
Parties: Affiliates of Building Trades and individual employers.
National Specialty Agreement
Parties: Laborers' International Union and individual employers.
Scope: Covers specialty work defined by the employer and agreed to by the union.
Effective dates: Varies by signatory employers.

National Service Contracts
Parties: Laborers' International Union and signatory service contractors.
Scope: Applied on a site-by-site basis. The service contract industry covers a vast area of service functions performed by contractors for the federal government. It excludes construction, manufacturing or providing goods. The Service Contract Act provides for the determination of locally prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits. In 1972, LIUNA was successful in having the SCA amended to also provide for recognition of collectively bargained wage rates and fringe benefits as prevailing on a contract-by-contract basis.
Effective dates: Differs by agreement, three to five years in duration.

National Stack-Chimney Agreement
Parties: Laborers' International Union, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Iron Workers and individual employers.
Scope: Within the boundaries of the United States, covering construction by jump or slip method of hollow concrete columns, such as chimneys. The agreement includes construction of chimneys and chimney liners of any materials normally installed by the signatory crafts, and the repair and demolition of any of the aforementioned structures.
Effective dates: The agreement continues in effect until terminated by 90 days written notice from either party to the other. Changes may be made at any time by mutual consent. The agreement is extended on a project-by-project basis.

Environmental Partnering Project Agreement
Parties: Laborers' International Union and individual employers.
Scope: It is the intent of the parties that the agreement be utilized as a stabilization agreement for environmental remediation projects. The union has established environmental remediation and hazardous waste training programs, which meet or exceed all the requirements of federal regulations. This agreement is primarily used for asbestos abatement, mold remediation and hazardous waste removal. The union's current policy is to deny requests for extension of the agreement in an area where there is an established local collective bargaining agreement for hazardous waste abatement.
Effective dates: Applied on a project-by-project basis.

National Concrete Coring, Drilling and Sawing Agreement
Parties: Laborers' International Union and individual employers.
Scope: All concrete coring, drilling and sawing for any purpose.
Applied on project-by-project basis.

National Masonry Agreement
Parties: Laborers’ International Union and the Masonry Contractors Association of America, Inc.
Scope: That work which has been historically or traditionally or contractually assigned to members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America in the tending of Masons including unloading, mixing, handling, and conveying of all materials used by Masons by any mode or method; the unloading, erecting, dismantling, moving, and adjustment of scaffolds; the starting, stopping, fueling, oiling, cleaning, operating, and maintenance of all mixers, mortar pumps, and other devices under the direction of the Employer or his representative.
Effective Dates: Three years – thereafter the agreement continues in full force and effect from year-to-year until terminated at the option of either party with 60 days prior notice.