The developers of the Purple Line have signed a labor agreement, resolving one of the last potential problems for the much-delayed light-rail transit line.
Earlier this month, Maryland Transit Solutions came to an agreement with the Laborers’ International Union of North America.
Construction workers had protested at a public meeting in April because the new contractors did not have a collective bargaining agreement like the one the project had previously.
Under that kind of agreement, the builders agree to certain wages and benefits, and, in exchange, the labor union agrees not to hold a strike or other work stoppages.
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