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Passage of House Bill to Block NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule Will Protect Employer, Employee Rights

Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2015 8:49 AM By anonymous

Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) released the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of a joint resolution to block the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ambush election rule.

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ABC Applauds Passage of Senate Bill to Overturn NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule

Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:18 PM By anonymous

Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) released the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s passage of a joint resolution to block the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ambush election proposal. The resolution, introduced by Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.), seeks to prevent the NLRB from implementing the ambush rule, which is scheduled to take effect April 14, through the Congressional Review Act.

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ABC Files Suit Against NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule

Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:15 PM By anonymous

Austin, Texas- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Texas and the Central Texas Chapter of ABC announced today they have filed a joint lawsuit with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Texas challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ambush election final rule issued Dec. 12, 2014. The legal challenge was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The Texas office of Littler Mendelson, P.C., ABC’s general counsel, will represent ABC of Texas, the Central Texas Chapter of ABC and NFIB Texas in the case.

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ABC Blasts NLRB’s Latest Assault on Workplace Freedom

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2014 9:39 AM By anonymous

Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) released the following statement in response to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “ambush” election rule released today.

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ABC Supports House Effort to Halt Ambush Election Proposal

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 1:59 PM By anonymous

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) praised today’s U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce markup of The Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 4320) and The Employee Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 4321), which halt key elements of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “ambush” election proposed rule.

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Nonresidential Construction Employment Declines in December

Posted on Friday, January 10, 2014 12:17 PM By anonymous

National construction employment decreased by 16,000 jobs in December, according to a Jan. 10 report by the U.S. Department of Labor.  Nonresidential construction registered the bulk of job losses, contributing 88.1 percent of total construction industry job loss and losing 14,100 positions on a monthly basis.  

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