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Study Warns Against Union-Only Deal for Wilson Bridge

WASHINGTON, DC-An economist just released an independent research study that examines plans for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The study presents warnings of serious problems related to its union-only project labor agreement.

By Diane Cook | Updated on November 19, 2000

WASHINGTON, DC-Some controversy surrounds the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project, a 7.5-mile corridor including the design and construction of a new bridge and improvements to four interchanges. An independent research study just released warns that the union-only bridge replacement project labor agreement being considered could create serious problems, including around $150 million in additional costs and likely shortages of local labor.

Economist Armand J. Thieblot’s study examines a potential Wilson Bridge PLA according to five criteria issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 1997. The study says that a Wilson Bridge PLA is inadvisable by all five guidelines.

“This study shows that placing a union-only PLA on the Wilson Bridge will balloon costs for local taxpayers while substituting workers from outside our area for highly qualified workers from our region,” says coalition chairman John McMahon, chairman of the Coalition for Open Competition on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. “The study was based on criteria developed by the Clinton administration, which has been supportive of union-only PLAs. It shows that a Wilson Bridge PLA would fail to satisfy any of those guidelines.”

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