Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
The construction industry added 23,000 jobs on net in February, 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 expanded by 215,000 jobs, an...
Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
As part of a legal challenge against the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer final rule, a federal judge in Texas delayed the final rule’s effective date from Feb. 26 to March 11. The new standard will only be applied to cases filed after the rule becomes...
Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
On Feb. 26, ABC joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and eight other groups in submitting comments to the U.S. Department of Defense on its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program proposed rule, which would require federal contractors and...
Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
As the presenting sponsor of ABC’s 34th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards, the ABC Insurance Trustembraces merit shop principles to highlight the pivotal role that healthy competition plays in improving the construction industry. The Trust’s innovative...
Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs will fail to meet the construction industry’s short- and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis...
Feb 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
While the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ABC-supported Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act last week, the bill still has an uncertain pathway in the U.S. Senate, where Republicans have taken a harder line against the proposal, calling for an...
Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
The construction industry added 11,000 jobs on net in January, 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 expanded by 216,000 jobs, an...
Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 501,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2024 to meet the demand for labor, according to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors. In 2025, the industry...
Feb 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Associated Builders and Contractors today released an analysis of 2023 state union membership data published by UnionStats.com, which found at least 90% of workers in the private construction industry do not belong to a union in 29 states. That’s up from 26 states in...
Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
On Jan. 17, 2024, the Federal Register published the controversial 626-page U.S. Department of Labor proposed rule that would make significant revisions to the National Apprenticeship System that will affect ABC members, chapters, apprentices and other industry...