Synopsis of article:

On March 12, 2012, relying in large part on the filings and arguments made in the successful UCANE / Fall River (FR) / REO lawsuit, the Merit Construction Alliance, several of its contractor members and their employees (collectively “MCA”) brought suit to enjoin the Quincy Responsible Employer Ordinance (QREO). Like Fall River, the QREO required general contractors and their subcontractors on Quincy public works projects to employ a minimum 33% of their workforce comprising Quincy residents, and it mandated that each maintain apprenticeship, health and welfare and pension plans. The suit alleged the QREO violated the federal Privileges and Immunities Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution and the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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