Prevailing wage/PLA preemption is on the rise: States passing laws preempting local prevailing wage/PLA ordinances, January 2001–July 2017
Note: PLA stands for project labor agreement. In each column, blue boxes represent prevailing wage/PLA preemption laws passed in the given year. Gray boxes represent prevailing wage/PLA preemption laws in effect (passed in previous years).
Source: EPI analysis of preemption laws in all 50 states