Florida builders sue Biden administration over labor union favoritism

Associated Builders and Contractors and its Florida First Coast chapter filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court to stop what it calls the Biden administration's "unlawful scheme to mandate project labor agreements on construction contracts procured by federal agencies."

The builders' complaint asserts that President Joe Biden lacks the legal and constitutional authority to impose a new federal regulation "injuring economy and efficiency in federal contracting and illegally steering construction contracts to certain unionized contractors, which employ roughly 10% of the U.S. construction workforce," the organizations say in a news release. Associated Builders and Contractors is a national trade association. 

The builders say they estimate that Biden's labor agreements policy will affect at least 180 federal construction contracts valued at $16 billion across America, on an annual basis.