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Politics & Policy
US House Introduces Resolution Opposing DOL’s New Davis-Bacon Rule
ABC Slams OSHA’s Worker Walkaround Rule for Failing to Promote Workplace Health and Safety
State Off-Year Elections Deliver Losses To GOP Heading Into 2024
Safety
Utilize Software To Achieve Your Safety Goals
OSHA Extends Comment Period on OSHA Walkaround Proposed Rule to Nov. 13
ABC Expresses Serious Concerns to Congress About OSHA Worker Walkaround Rule
Events/Products/Programs
Nearly 350 ABC Leaders Gather in Washington for Annual Legislative Conference
ABC Members Rank Among ENR’s Top 400 Contractors
Trades Day: Industry Outreach Opportunity With Meaning
State/Local News
Ed Capodanno Honored by Delaware State Legislature
Election Update: ABC Staff and Members Elected in 2022
California Targets Workplace Cannabis Testing
Awards
ABC Congratulates 30 Members Awarded DOL’s 2023 HIRE Vets Medallion
ABC Honors 3 New Applicants With the AQC Credential in October
Graham Roofing Earns the AQC Credential in September
Legislation
ABC-Supported Legislation To Overturn the Northern Long-Eared Bat’s Endangered Species Listing Heads to President Biden’s Desk
ABC Advocates for Solutions to Workforce Shortage at U.S. House Committee Roundtable
Smucker Introduces the ABC-Supported Main Street Tax Certainty Act
Regulations
NLRB Extends Effective Date of the Joint Employer Final Rule to Feb. 26, 2024
DOL’s Unlawful Proposed Overtime Rule Will Disrupt Construction Workers’ Workplace Flexibility
ABC’s November Regulatory Roundup—Learn About the Latest Developments Affecting the Construction Industry
Workforce Development
Register Now for ABC’s Construction Inclusion Week Webinar Series
DOL High Road Workforce Development Program Map Snubs Nonunion Programs
LISTEN: How to Design an Effective Technology Adoption Strategy
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) March 6 signed S.B. 119, which will exempt K-12 and higher education school construction from state prevailing wage requirements beginning immediately. State prevailing wage laws are wage subsidy requirements administered and enforced by state governments that mandates so-called “prevailing” wages for work performed on state-financed construction projects. Thirty-two states have prevailing wage laws. They hinder economic growth, increase deficits, impose enormous burdens that stifle contractor productivity, ignore skill differences for different jobs, and impose rigid craft work rules. "We continue to support comprehensive prevailing wage reform; however, absent that reform, this legislation is a step in the right direction.” ABC Nevada Chapter President Mac Bybee. "ABC Nevada Chapter still hopes to work with lawmakers this session to make additional reforms for the construction industry, including banning unfair and discriminatory project labor agreement mandates on taxpayer-funded construction projects and reforming prevailing wage requirements on projects to create a system that is better for the construction industry and provides greater taxpayer accountability." "Nevada is the first state since Ohio in 1997 to eliminate prevailing wage requirements on school construction,” said Andy Conlin, ABC National director of state and local affairs." In a study by the Ohio Legislative Services Commission conducted five years after the Ohio bill was signed by Gov. George Voinovich, school districts in the state found either an increase or no change in construction quality and that worker wages increased on average in the state. We believe Nevada school districts, taxpayers and craft professionals should expect a similar result."