Long-Term Funding Needed to Put Construction Workers Back on the Job

AGC's analysis of federal data released Friday showed that construction unemployment reached 17.3 percent, with 11,000 more construction workers losing their jobs in July. AGC urged Congress and the administration to act now to pass a host of long-delayed infrastructure bills to finance new highway, transit, water and utility projects. Continuing the push for long-term infrastructure funding, AGC member company George J. Igel & Company participated in an event with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) in Columbus. During the event, Igel employees expressed concern over what would happen when stimulus money runs out. Secretary LaHood and Rep. Kilroy agreed that a six-year transportation bill would be a logical sequel to the stimulus. Watch the local NBC affiliate's coverage here.  Read AGC's press release on construction unemployment here, or read coverage from the New Haven Register, Michigan Live and Finance and Commerce.