King County, the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council, and the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters have renewed a Master Community Workforce Agreement (MCWA) for another five years. First signed in 2020, the MCWA is a comprehensive pre-hire collective bargaining agreement that serves as a standard Project Labor Agreement. It sets basic terms and conditions of employment on the county’s public works construction projects.

The MCWA acts as the mechanism for implementing the county’s highly successful Priority Hire Program, which prioritizes local workers from economically distressed areas on construction projects.

“This agreement demonstrates our shared commitment to diversity, safety, and collective bargaining agreements in the construction industry,” said King County Executive Shannon Braddock. “The MCWA has been incredibly successful, creating thousands of living-wage jobs while diversifying and strengthening our local construction workforce.” Read more.