By Ryan McCarthy

Putting in place a project labor agreement for construction work funded by the $249 million Measure J bond – and the staff negotiating terms for the agreement – won approval Wednesday by a 5-1 vote of Fairfield-Suisun School District trustees.

Judi Honeychurch, president of the board of trustees, said the decision came down to whether you believe in unions, protecting workers and “looking out for the little guy.”

Such project labor pacts may not have been in place before, she said, because until the June 7 election when the bond was passed the school district didn’t have $249 million for construction.

Source: Fairfield-Suisun schools will negotiate project labor pact for construction paid with $249M bond