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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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States Split Evenly Between Construction Job Gains and Losses in June
Equal numbers of states gained and lost construction jobs in June, highlighting the fragmentary nature of the industry’s recovery, according to an analysis by AGC of America of Labor Department data. Association officials added that, despite the fact most states added jobs year-over-year,… Read More
July 19, 2013
TAKE ACTION: Safeguard the Use of Fly Ash in Construction
Next week, the U.S. House is expected to vote on a piece of legislation that could safeguard the use of fly ash and other coal combustion residuals (CCRs) in construction.  AGC supports H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013, which would establish reasonable disposal… Read More
July 19, 2013
Court Finds NLRB Denied Contractor Association Due Process in Striking Down Applicant and Employee Referral Programs
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (LA, MS, TX) has refused to enforce a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) order finding that the Houston chapter of the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) was operating an applicant referral service unlawfully.  As reported in a previous… Read More
July 18, 2013
Employers Impacted by U.S. Supreme Court DOMA Ruling
The United States Supreme Court has issued two decisions that expand same-sex marriage rights. In the first, United States v. Windsor, No. 12-307 (June 26, 2013), the Court ruled unconstitutional a law denying federal recognition of legally-married same-sex couples. In the second, Hollingsworth, et… Read More
July 18, 2013
Liz Cheney's Big Play
It's rare when two candidates make a public announcement about their political plans on the same day, but that's exactly what happened on Tuesday in the Equality State of Wyoming. Shortly after three-term Sen. Mike Enzi (R) confirmed that he will run for re-election next year, Liz Cheney, the… Read More
July 18, 2013
AGC Responds to Two NAVFAC PLA Inquiries
AGC recently sent two letters opposing the possible use of project labor agreement (PLA) mandates posted by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command in the Pacific for: (1) the renovation of an existing aircraft maintenance hangar at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; and (2) the… Read More
July 18, 2013
Deal Reached in Senate on Presidential Nominations
After weeks of partisan disagreement – with Democrats threatening to change the procedural rules in the Senate to avoid Republican attempts to filibuster presidential nominees, including nominees for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) –… Read More
July 18, 2013
Agency’s Denial of Construction Permit May Be Unconstitutional
By Richard W. Goeken* The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the scope of demands a regulatory agency may place on a property owner seeking a building permit to develop a plot of land. The recent decision in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District recognizes that developers have a… Read More
July 16, 2013
DOT Regulatory Agenda Shows MAP-21 Rules Moving Forward, DBE Rule Extended
The Department of Transportation (DOT) released its Semiannual regulatory agenda this week, which gives a status report on a number of pending rules and regulations that the agency is working on. Many of the rules on the list are related to implementation of provisions in MAP-21. FHWA has issued… Read More
July 12, 2013
What is the Impact of Truck Driver Hours of Service Changes?
New truck driving limits went into effect on July 1, 2013. AGC is hearing that these new requirements are having significant impacts on delivery of asphalt, concrete aggregates and other highway construction materials. AGC is seeking examples of these impacts to use in a petition to the federal… Read More
July 12, 2013

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