Project Management Agreement

To assist in project management and to ensure that local east side residents benefit from the all-season road project, the East Side Road Authority (ESRA) has established a Project Management Agreement (PMA) for the project. The PMA is an amended and updated version of the PMA that was used for the Red River Floodway Expansion Project. Similar agreements have been used on a variety of projects in Manitoba and in Canada including the Floodway Project, the Highway 407 project in Ontario, the Confederation Bridge project, the Vancouver Island Highway Project, and numerous Manitoba hydro development projects.

Some of the main provisions of the agreement are:

No stoppage of work or work slowdown during the course of the project.
Both union and non-union workers and contractors will be eligible to work and bid on the project;
Non-union workers will not be required to join a union;
All contractors - union and non-union - will be allowed to bring their current employees to the project;
Contractors will be required to fill 30% of the workforce hours for road construction contracts with east side residents and 20% of work force hours for bridge construction contracts.
Establishes conditions for work including statutory holidays, hours of work, transportation and travel, and work camps.
Union workers will continue to pay union dues while non-union workers will pay an equivalent fee for the services rendered by the union;
Wages will be the same for union and non-union workers with benefits equivalent to those contained in the appropriate union benefits plan;
Union dues and service fees will be administered by a third party administrator for MFA; and
Employee lists to be maintained by MFA.

Click here for a copy of the Project Management Agreement (3.8 MB)