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Politics & Policy
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
ABC’s November Regulatory Roundup—Learn About the Latest Developments Affecting the Construction Industry
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 Honors 3 New Applicants With the AQC Credential in October
Graham Roofing Earns the AQC Credential in September
ABC's Construction Executive Magazine Wins Silver in Publishing Competition
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
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
President Trump kicked off his push for tax reform with a speech at a manufacturing facility in Springfield, Mo., making the case that a "pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, and pro-American" tax code is the key to revitalizing Main Street businesses, bringing back jobs and keeping the United States competitive in the global economy. The event, attended by local small business leaders including more than a dozen members of ABC’s Heart of America Chapter, marked the opening salvo in the White House’s effort to sell a highly anticipated tax bill that sits atop the GOP’s fall legislative agenda. While short on specifics—the precise text of the bill has been a closely guarded secret by the so-called “Big Six” principals responsible for the overhaul—the speech made a strong case for the urgency of reform and the imperative of fixing a broken tax code riddled with loopholes that help the rich and connected while holding back middle-class families and small businesses. In today’s speech, President Trump committed to "bring back main street by reducing the crushing tax burden on our companies and on our workers.” He continued by insisting that the reformed tax code be “simple, fair and easy to understand.”: “That means getting rid of loopholes and complexity that primarily benefit the wealthiest Americans and special interest… [Tax reform] must benefit loyal hardworking Americans and their families.” The president’s words ring particularly true to merit shop contractors. A capital-intensive, low-margin, domestically oriented business comprised largely of small, family-owned and closely held firms, construction doesn’t lend itself to the provisions that are exploited by large, multinational corporations. According to analysis by the U.S. Department of Treasury, the construction industry pays the highest effective tax rate of any sector of the nation’s economy. ABC National staff is highly engaged in the emerging tax reform discussion on Capitol Hill and will continue to update Newsline readers as the process moves forward.