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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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Congress Continues Pressure on EPA over Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
This week, both the House and Senate continued to apply pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider the significant expansion of its authority to regulation wetlands and wet areas under the Clean Water Act (CWA). In the Senate, all eight Republican Senators on the… Read More
April 12, 2014
Your Reps will be Home to Meet with You – Deliver the Hardhats for Highways Message
April 14-25, 2014 | www.HardhatsforHighways.org Your Senators and Representatives will be back working in your home districts starting next Monday, April 14 through Friday, April 25.  It is the perfect opportunity to set up meetings to discuss the importance federal highway funding has on your… Read More
April 12, 2014
AGC and TCC Need Your Input - How is the HTF Shortfall is Impacting Your Business?
AGC and the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) are seeking input on how the looming Highway Trust Fund shortfall is impacting business decisions and state transportation programs.   This survey, along with the recently launched Highways for Hardhats campaign, is part of AGC’s continued… Read More
April 12, 2014
Federal Contractors Face New Compensation Disclosure Requirements
On April 8, President Obama took two executive actions that will impact federal contractors.  First, the president signed an executive order (EO) that will require federal contractors to allow their employees to discuss their earnings with one another. Second, the president signed a presidential… Read More
April 11, 2014
EPW Committee Announces Agreement on Reauthorization Principles
Today, the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Environmental & Public Works (EPW) Committee announced they reached an “agreement in principle” on a reauthorization of MAP-21.  Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and ranking member David Vitter (R-La.) were joined at the announcement by the… Read More
April 11, 2014
National Work Zone Awareness Week Focuses on Motorist Behavior
"Work Zone Speeding: A Costly Mistake" is the theme of this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week (April 7–11), which is intended to highlight the dangers to construction workers and motorists when highway improvement projects are underway. AGC participated in the national event, held in Seattle… Read More
April 11, 2014
House Passes Republican Budget
Today, the House of Representatives passed the official Republican budget for 2015 on a party-line vote of 219-205 (12 Republicans voted no).  Although the budget is largely symbolic, it has the potential to impact upcoming revenue shortfalls in the Highway Trust Fund and reauthorization of MAP-21… Read More
April 11, 2014
NLRB Ambush Election Rule Comment Deadline Passes
The deadline for public comment on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposed rule on representation-case procedures ended this Monday, April 7. The proposed rule, known as the “quickie election” or “ambush election” rule, would expedite the union representation election cycle to as… Read More
April 11, 2014
Federal Contractors Face New Compensation Disclosure Requirements
On April 8, President Obama took two executive actions that will impact federal contractors.  First, the president signed an executive order (EO) that will require federal contractors to allow their employees to discuss their earnings with one another. Second, the president signed a presidential… Read More
April 11, 2014
OFCCP Provides 503 Self-ID Form in Spanish, Word Formats
In response to requests from contractors, OFCCP posted to its website both the English and Spanish versions of the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form, required by the new regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503).  The form is available in .pdf and… Read More
April 10, 2014

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