Community benefits. Stronger communities.
Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) have been used throughout North America for more than 20 years.
Generally, a CBA is an agreement that sets out hiring provisions on publicly funded infrastructure projects, such as schools, roads and dams. The Pattullo Bridge replacement project under a CBA is an example of a publicly funded infrastructure project.
Typically, a CBA will include provisions for the hiring of qualified local workers, Indigenous Peoples, apprentices and women in trades. CBAs also include provisions for union wages, and ensure there are no work stoppages (strikes, lockouts) for the duration of construction.
CBAs help to ensure public projects are completed on time and on budget, and offer benefits to the communities in which they are built. CBAs ensure tax dollars are reinvested in local communities, and that there is a lasting legacy of experience, skills, training, and employability among the workers who built the project.
Community benefits. Stronger communities.