ABC Central Ohio keeps you up-to-date on government action through: grassroots action campaigns; access resources here  a lobbyist at the Ohio Statehouse national legislative programs to keep you up-to-date on issues in Washington

One of the most important issues is prevailing wage. Learn more regarding Ohio ABC's position on prevailing wage laws. 

In addition, ABC strongly opposes union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects. These agreements not only exclude merit shop contractors from bidding on projects paid for by their own tax dollars, but also drive up the cost of construction by reducing competition for the work.  ABC's position on union-only project labor agreements is here.

A union-only PLA is a contract that requires that the project be awarded only to contractors and subcontractors who agree to:

• recognize unions as the representatives of their employees on that job
• use the union hiring hall to obtain workers
• obtain apprentices exclusively from union apprenticeship programs  
• pay into underfunded and mismanaged union benefit plans 
• obey costly, restrictive and inefficient union work rules.

Other 2011 ABC legislative priorities include Compulsory Union Membership and Workers' Compensation Reform. For additional information about Government Affairs, please contact the ABC of Ohio Director of Government Affairs, Bryan Williams, at bwilliams@abcofohio.org. 

Gov. John Kasich thanks ABC members for their endorsement during his campaign. Watch here.