George Harms Construction Co. v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

This appeal presents the question of whether a State agency has the power to require a contractor doing business with it to enter into a “project labor agreement” ■with designated unions. A *14“project labor agreement” is a form of prehire agreement with labor organizations under which a contractor agrees to use the members of specified labor organizations on a project in exchange for the member unions’ guarantees of labor stability. Such agreements serve important purposes in assuring efficient and economical administration of large…