Comment on FR Doc # E9-16619

The National Labor Relations Act provides construction contractors and employees with the right to choose whether they want to unionize or not to unionize. The Majority of construction contractors and their employees have choosen to not unionize. A project labor agreement would require all contractors, whether they are unionized or not, to have a union for their employees in order to work on a government-funded construction contract. Construction companies would have to have a union collective bargaining agreement in place in order to receive a federally funded construction contract. Thus forcing a construction contractor to sign an agreement and thus establishing placing their employees under union control. These PLAs are in direct violation of Right to Work laws, such as in the State of Florida, where employees who wish to work non-union are now locked out of the working on these contract(s) Where an employee is guaranteed the right to work any place without being a member of a union. Also PLAs do not provide cost savings. These type of contracts result in cost overruns with higher overall construction costs. This is not good stewardship of the taxpayers dollars. This also limit competition by locking out qualified non-union contractors who might otherwise provide a lower-cost/price proposal/bids. If the FAR Counsel elects to incorpoate this provision into the FAR then it should be an OPTIONAL clause.