In a significant move to strengthen labor unions' role in Cleveland's development, Mayor Justin Bibb signed an executive order requiring that unions have a definitive role in all sizable infrastructure projects. According to News 5 Cleveland, this directive applies to projects with a price tag of $500,000 or more, a strategy Bibb praised for creating "good-paying jobs for Cleveland residents."

Mayor Bibb tied this policy, named "Building Cleveland’s Future," stated by FOX8 News, to an anticipated $500 million investment in a proposed stadium project and a $5 billion waterfront development, aiming to keep the Browns in Cleveland, but also confirmed the policy also involves a $10-million investment in workforce development training for residents, especially the youth, according to Cleveland19. Bibb outlined the measure during a public gathering with the local labor union leaders representing the interests of skilled tradespeople, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and the like. The city's commitment to labor spelled a future where the fruits of work would seemingly be shared, those words specifically echoed by Mayor Bibb as he stated "It just guarantees that we make sure that the unions are a part of all the critical infrastructure projects that we’re creating in our city."

The enactment of this policy, which Mayor Bibb referred to as a Project Labor Agreement (PLA), came into effect with supportive figures from the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Workforce Development Board, and other local unions at the table. Per the same FOX8 reports, this collaboration indicates a commitment to secure labor for major public improvement projects in Cleveland.

Dave Wondolowski, the Executive Secretary of the Cleveland Building Trades Council, commented on the potential for these policies to "build a pipeline of work that’s going to be sustainable to bring more workers into the trades" and emphasized the necessity of this initiative due to the "unprecedented" volume of work looming in Northeast Ohio, which Cleveland19 documented. Adopting the PLA ensures that union workers are now indispensable to Cleveland's expanding skyline. This cityscape heralds the times when labor is recognized, involved, and anticipated growth.