Project Labor Agreements: Excusable Ignorance Wins The Day — But It Might Not Always Work For You

Yes Virginia, sometimes ignorance is excusable, but never expect you will get away with it. In Jayeff Construction Corp. v. LIUNA, Case No. 05-cv-5027 (D.N.J. July 27, 2012), however, a construction employer did exactly that by getting a court to void two “short form” contracts obligating it to recognize the Laborers Union throughout New Jersey on “fraud in the execution” grounds. 

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