Frequently Asked Questions

• • What is the Community Workforce Agreement?
    The Community Workforce Agreement, or CWA, “establishes the Labor relations guidelines and procedures for the College and for the Contractors and craft employees represented by the Unions and engaged in Project Work” for Mt. SAC (CWA Page 3).
  • What Project Work is applicable to the CWA?
    “Project Work shall be limited to construction work performed pursuant to a College-awarded Construction Contract that is paid for, in whole or in part, by Bond Measure RR or Measure GO funds”, meeting defined monetary project thresholds (CWA Section 3.2.1 – Page 7), and not otherwise listed as an exclusion (CWA Section 3.6 – Page 8).
  • What are the defined project thresholds?
    “All Project work pursuant to prime multi-trade construction contracts that exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) and all subcontracts flowing from these prime multi-trade contracts; and all prime specialty contracts for Project Work that exceed one hundred thousand ($100,000), and all subcontracts flowing from these specialty contracts (CWA Section 3.2.1 – Page 6).”
  • What is excluded from the CWA?
    Please see page Section 3.6 (beginning on Page 8) to read about CWA exclusions (CWA Section 3.6 – Page 8).
  • What other information is included in the CWA?
    The CWA contains a wide variety of information on Labor relations, guidelines, and procedures. For a list of contents, please see the Table of Contents listed on Page 2.
  • Where can I find the full CWA Document?
    A link to the full CWA document can also be found on the CWA homepage.
  • I am not currently a contractor who does work for the college, but I would like to become one. Where do I begin?
    For information on becoming a vendor and doing business with Mt. SAC, please visit https://www.mtsac.edu/purchasing which reviews all information and requirements for doing business with the college. For further questions and inquiries related to becoming a vendor, please email purconstruction@mtsac.edu.
  • Who can I contact for help if I have more questions about the CWA?  
    For any further questions about the Mt. SAC Community Workforce Agreement, please reach out to Joe Carbajal, Community Workforce Coordinator.

    jcarbajal31@mtsac.edu

    communityworkforce@mtsac.edu

    Office: (909) 274-4717

    Cell: (909) 270-9905