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President Biden’s Inflationary PLA Schemes Hurt Taxpayers and Construction Job Creators

Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2022 10:09 AM By Erika Walter

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—Associated Builders and Contractors today released the following statement in response to the publication of a proposed rule, Federal Acquisition Regulation: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, implementing President Biden’s Executive Order 14063, which requires federal construction contracts of $35 million or more to be subjected to controversial project labor agreements.

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18 GOP Governors to Biden: Back Off Project Labor Agreement Mandates

Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 1:40 PM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, April 26—Associated Builders and Contractors today applauded a letter sent to President Joe Biden by 16 Republican governors, led by Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas and Bill Lee of Tennessee, opposing the Biden administration’s policies promoting government-mandated project labor agreements on taxpayer-funded construction projects.

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ABC Slams Biden Administration for Promoting Union Preferences in DOT Infrastructure Spending

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 6:59 PM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, March 8—Associated Builders and Contractors today released the following statement criticizing a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. departments of Labor and Transportation advancing workforce policy initiatives on DOT-funded infrastructure projects, including controversial project labor agreements.

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ABC Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address

Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 9:30 PM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, March 1—Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following statement from Michael Bellaman, its president and CEO, in reaction to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.

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Construction Coalition to Congress: Support Fair and Open Competition

Posted on Monday, February 28, 2022 9:47 AM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Today, Associated Builders and Contractors and a coalition of 19 associations and organizations representing the construction industry and business community sent a letter to Congress expressing support for the Fair and Open Competition Act (S. 403/H.R. 1284), sponsored by Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C, and strong opposition to government-mandated project labor agreements.

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Construction Coalition Opposes Biden Administration Project Labor Agreement Schemes

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:55 AM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—On Feb. 15, Associated Builders and Contractors and 15 associations and organizations representing tens of thousands of companies and millions of employees in the construction industry sent a letter to the White House highlighting concerns with President Joe Biden’s efforts to require controversial government-mandated project labor agreements on federal and federally assisted construction contracts.

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President Biden’s Pro-PLA Executive Order Will Increase Costs to Taxpayers and Exacerbate Skilled Labor Shortage, Says ABC

Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2022 7:49 PM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—Associated Builders and Contractors today blasted President Biden’s executive order, which encourages the use of controversial project labor agreement mandates on federal construction projects that are funded by taxpayers.

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ABC: Partisan House-passed Infrastructure Package Hurts American Workers and Small Businesses

Posted on Thursday, July 1, 2021 4:46 PM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, July 1—Associated Builders and Contractors strongly opposes H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act, a partisan infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives today by a vote of 221-201. H.R. 3684 is a $715 billion surface transportation reauthorization and water infrastructure bill that represents House Democrat’s attempt to reauthorize the expiring 2015 Fast Act.

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ABC, Industry Groups Urge President Trump to Reverse Obama-era Policy on Project Labor Agreements

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 3:40 PM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2018—Associated Builders and Contractors joined a coalition of construction and business associations urging President Trump to eliminate government-mandated project labor agreements and allow all qualified contractors to compete for federal and federally assisted taxpayer-funded construction projects.

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Merit Shop Scorecard 2017: ABC Ranks America's Construction Business Climate by State

Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2017 11:25 AM By Donna Reichle

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today released its annual update to “Building America: The Merit Shop Scorecard,” which takes stock of state policies that influence the success or failure of a free enterprise-based environment for construction companies.  

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