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THE VOICE OF THE MERIT SHOP

ABC is the voice of the merit shop on Capitol Hill! Sending letters to Congress allows ABC to publicly advocate for the views and interests of our more than 23,000 members. By corresponding with U.S. House of Representatives and Senate members, ABC promotes fair and open competition in the construction industry and fights to protect merit shop contractors around the country.

ABC Calls for Elimination of Biden OSHA Regulations

On May 15 the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing titled, “Reclaiming OSHA’s Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach.” Ahead of the hearing, ABC sent a letter to the committee calling for the withdrawal of two Biden-era OSHA regulations, the Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings Proposed Rule and the Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process Final Rule.

Regarding the Heat rule, ABC noted that the rule imposes prescriptive, complicated requirements on construction industry employers, limiting all flexibility, which could weaken contractor efforts to prevent heat stress for workers. ABC added through the Worker Walkaround rule, OSHA is injecting itself into labor-management disputes and casting doubt on its status as a neutral enforcer of the law. This final rule negatively impacts the rights of employers while simultaneously ignoring the rights of the majority of employees who have not authorized a union to represent them.