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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More

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Clean Construction Legislation Introduced in the House
On Oct. 6, Reps. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) and Donna Edwards (D-Md.) introduced the AGC-supported Clean Construction Act of 2011.  The legislation is intended to minimize the impact on contractors whose equipment must comply with air quality standards in PM 2.5 non- attainment areas. The Clean… Read More
October 9, 2011
AGC Continues Successful Effort to Deter Federal Agencies from Using Project Labor Agreements
AGC is again attacking agency efforts to use Project Labor Agreements on federal construction projects.  AGC sent a follow-up letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) expressing strong concerns against DOL’s decision, to impose a project labor agreement (PLA) on contractors that will perform the… Read More
October 8, 2011
Hearing Held on the Impact of DOL/NLRB Decisions and Proposed Rules on Small Business
On Oct. 5, the House Small Business Committee held a hearing titled, “Adding to Uncertainty: The Impact of DOL/NLRB Decisions and Proposed Rules on Small Businesses.” The hearing examined recent proposed rules by the Department of Labor (DOL) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and how they… Read More
October 8, 2011
Legislation Introduced to Roll Back NLRB's Assault on Employers and Workers
On Oct. 5, the chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, John Kline (R-Minn.), introduced the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. The bill would rein in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and disallow the NLRB to use executive action to implement key portions of the… Read More
October 8, 2011
Speaker Boehner Joins in Call to Retain Current Truck Driving Hour Rules
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) wrote to President Obama this week to urge him to keep the current Hours of Service rules for truck drivers in place. This action follows a similar letter sent last week by House T & I Chairman John Mica (R-Fla) and… Read More
October 8, 2011
NLRB Delays Effective Date of Posting Requirement While AGC-Supported Coalition Joins Lawsuit to Block Rule
The National Labor Relations Board announced on Oct. 5 that it has postponed the implementation date of its recently issued regulation requiring nearly all private-sector employers to post notices of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act.  The Board has delayed the deadline for… Read More
October 7, 2011
House Passes CR; Government Funded Through Nov. 18
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a short-term continuing resolution (CR) - which had cleared the Senate last week - to keep the government funded at current levels through Nov. 18.  A CR is needed because none of the 12 appropriations bills were passed and signed into law by Sept. 30… Read More
October 7, 2011
House Plans October Vote to Repeal 3 Percent Withholding – Take Action Today
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to begin consideration of a bill to repeal the 3 percent withholding mandate next week. The bill will first be considered by the House Ways and Means Committee, followed by a vote on the House floor as early as the week of Oct. 24. AGC wants as many… Read More
October 7, 2011
Construction Sector Adds 26,000 Jobs in September as Industry's Unemployment Rate Drops to 13.3 Percent
Construction employers added 26,000 jobs between August and September as the industry’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.3 percent, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released today by AGC.  Association officials said the increase is the first significant change in construction… Read More
October 7, 2011
House T and I Committee to Hold Hearing on National Infrastructure Bank
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has scheduled a hearing for next week to address the Obama administration's proposal to create a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB). T&I Committee Chairman John Mica, (R-Fla) has expressed skepticism in the past about the concept of a NIB… Read More
October 7, 2011

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