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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. Steve Sisolak (D) recently signed into law two pro-union pieces of legislation that will revise construction provisions on public works projects. The first, AB 136, makes three substantive changes to the states prevailing wage law, including: lowering the threshold for projects that qualify for prevailing wages from $250,000 to $100,000; removing the prevailing wage exemption for charter schools; and eliminating a statute that allows prevailing wages for public school districts and the Nevada System of Higher Education to be paid at 90% of what is required for other public works projects. Additionally, Gov. Sisolak signed into law SB 231, which overturns a 2015 law that prohibited government-mandated project labor agreements on public and publicly assisted projects. The bill also repealed a provision that states public bodies may not award a grant, tax abatement, tax credit or tax incentive to a contractor that enters into a contract with a labor organization. These changes will allow public entities in Nevada to enter into union-only PLAs, as well as exclude four out of five workers in the state who have chosen not to join a labor union from working on taxpayer-funded construction projects. Republican lawmakers, with the backing of then-Gov. Brian Sandoval (R), made sweeping changes to labor laws in 2015 after taking control of the Nevada Senate and Assembly in the 2014 midterm elections. In 2016, Democrats regained control of the legislature but were unable to pass similar pro-union legislation over vetoes by Gov. Sandoval. The election of Gov. Sisolak in 2018, who ran on an agenda that promised changing various state labor laws, paved the way for the legislature to revive attempts at passing prevailing wage reform and PLA neutrality repeal. Both measures passed the Senate and Assembly on a party line vote and were signed by Gov. Sisolak on May 28, 2019. AB 136 and SB 231 take effect July 1, 2019.