Different game, same rules. DC Mayor Vincent Gray, DC United Co-Owner Jason Levien and Washington Building and Construction Trades Council (WBCTC) Executive Secretary Treasurer Vance Ayres on Tuesday signed a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the new soccer stadium to be built in southwest DC. “Since a similar set-up worked at Nationals Stadium, why not try it again?" said City Administrator Allen Lew, who said that he had gotten a call from the WBCTC's Steve Courtien suggesting a PLA shortly after the Mayor announced plans to build the stadium in DC. The PLA "resulted in a great stadium built on time and on budget with lots of DC resident hiring and we look to do this again with the new soccer stadium,” said Lew.  “This will be a win-win for everyone,” added Gray, saying that his administration is committed to the project's success and thanking the DC United owner and staff as well as the leadership of the unionized trades. Metro Washington Council President Jos Williams commended the building trades unions "for your aggressive pursuit of this agreement," and the Employment Justice Center, an advocacy organization for low-wage workers in the DC metro area, called the PLA " powerful protection" against "unscrupulous employers who fail to pay (workers) promised wages, over-time – and sometimes fail to pay them at all." DC Jobs with Justice Executive Director  Nikki Lewis said that the PLA “will ensure that our DC workers and residents are first priority for these coveted wages, benefits, and on-the-job protection.” The signing was held at the Home Plate entrance to the union-built Nationals Stadium, with the Mayor flanked by members of his administration, owners and management of DC United, and labor leaders from the various trades and the Washington Building and Construction Trades Council and AFL-CIO Building Trades Department.