The Trump Administration will be before the Eleventh Circuit tomorrow defending the SWACCA-supported Biden-era executive order on project labor agreements and the regulations implementing it from claims that it exceeds the President’s authority under the Procurement Act. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Fund has filed an amicus brief in the case supporting the plaintiffs. The Procurement Act arguments of the Associated Builders and Contractors’ Florida chapter resemble similar arguments business groups used with mixed results against the Biden-era $15/hour minimum wage for federal contractors on which federal appellate courts split. In January, the Supreme Court declined to address this circuit split and in March, President Trump mooted the issue by rescinding the executive order establishing the $15/hour minimum wage for federal contractors.
