MEMORANDUM   TO:                  ALL MITA Power-of-Attorney Members for Utility Construction FROM:            Michael A. Nystrom, Executive Vice President/Secretary RE:                  Table Agreement Reached with Laborers MITA has been successful in the negotiation of a five-year agreement with the Laborers District Council (click here to view Table Agreement).  Once approved this new

3% Withholding on Public Work to Begin in January 2012 Public owners will begin withholding 3 percent of every payment to contractors for goods and services beginning in January 2012.  Among the new law’s burdensome effects, contractor cash flow would be diminished and harm their ability to pay subcontractors downstream