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Tell the NLRB To Abandon Its New Radical Joint Employer Rule
The ABC-led Coalition for a Democratic Workplace has created a grassroots toolkit to tell the National Labor Relations Board to abandon its radical joint employer proposed rule. The toolkit provides an explanation of the rulemaking and a ready-to-send letter to the...
IIJA Buy America Rules Now in Effect; DOT Proposes New Waivers
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the expiration on Nov. 10 of a general waiver to Buy America requirements imposed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. With this expiration, the IIJA’s expanded Buy America requirements are now in...
October Construction Employment Ticks Up by 1,000, Says ABC
The construction industry added 1,000 jobs on net in October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 266,000 jobs, an...
ABC: State Construction Unemployment Is Down in 42 States From a Year Ago
The not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate dropped 1.1% in September 2022 from a year ago, down from 4.5% to 3.4%, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and...
October Construction Employment Ticks Up by 1,000, Says ABC
The construction industry added 1,000 jobs on net in October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 266,000 jobs, an...
ABC Joins Lawsuit Challenging Connecticut’s Ban on ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings
Today, Associated Builders and Contractors and ABC of Connecticut joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other organizations in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court District of Connecticut challenging an unconstitutional labor law passed by the state...
Investment in Structures Falls Again in Third Quarter Even as US Economy Expands, Says ABC
The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.6% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2022, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Investment in nonresidential structures decreased at an...
ABC Joins More Than 300 Organizations in Letter Urging the White House to Avoid Freight Rail Strike & Shutdown
On Oct. 26, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen became the second rail union to vote down the National Tentative Agreement that was reached on September 15 between rail unions, freight rail companies and the Biden administration. Despite half of all rail unions...
FEA Spends Over $1 Million in 12 States Before November Elections
The Free Enterprise Alliance, ABC’s issue advocacy arm, has already spent upward of a million dollars in 12 states to educate elected officials and the public about the importance of fair and open competition, with plans to more than double that amount ahead of...
ABC Urges White House to Address Shortage of Transformers and Other Electrical Components
ABC joined Associated General Contractors of America, the Independent Electrical Contractors and the National Association of Home Builders in sending a letter to President Biden to express serious concerns about severe shortages in the supply of transformers and other...