Oppose Legislation to Mandate Project Labor Agreements on Long Island School Construction
The Long Island delegation of state representatives wants to pass a bill (S.1672/A.756) that would mandate Project Labor Agreements on all school construction on Long Island. The bill is sponsored by Senator Martinez, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Martins, Mattera, Murray,...
🚨 Take Action to Protect Long Island Schools and Taxpayers 🚨
We need your voice to help stop a costly mandate that would hurt Long Island schools and drive up your property taxes.Albany is considering legislation (S.1672B/A.756B) that would mandate Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on all public school construction across Long Island...
📣 Take Action: Thank Congressman Langworthy for Supporting Our Industry!
Congressman Nick Langworthy has introduced H.R. 3548, a bill that would remove federal construction projects from New York’s outdated Scaffold Law. This legislation is a major win for our industry—it will save taxpayers billions and help reduce insurance costs for...
Tell President Trump To Issue an Executive Order Supporting Fair and Open Competition
On Jan. 9, ABC and 24 construction and business groups in the Build America Local coalition sent a letter to President Donald Trump in opposition to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14063 and subsequent final rule, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal...
Oppose Procurement Preference for Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
The Associated Builders and Contractors of Maryland is calling on our members to contact members of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee immediately to voice your strong opposition to Senate Bill 653 (S.B. 653). This bill proposes to establish a procurement preference...
Tell Representative Dade Phelan to Support the Fair and Open Competition Act
Critical legislation is currently in the Texas House State Affairs Committee that will directly impact your ability to compete fairly for publicly funded construction projects. This bill, HB 1951, expands on the success of the 2019 Fair and Open Competition Act (HB 985)...
Protect Contractors From Prevailing Wage Unpredictability
The State Senate is set to vote on 2SSB 5061, a bill that would prevent the freezing of prevailing wages during a construction project. Prevailing wage increases can be unpredictable and significant. While wages in Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) usually increase at...
Oppose the Faster Labor Contracts Act, a Forced Arbitration Bill
On March 4, the Faster Labor Contracts Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate with support from Sens. Hawley, R-Mo., Moreno, R-Ohio, Markey, D-Mass., and Booker, D-N.J. This bill is a part of Sen. Josh Hawley’s Pro-Worker Framework for the 119th Congress, a...
Oppose Senate Bill 31 and Protect Contractor Licensing
Senate Bill 31, currently before the Missouri Senate, threatens the construction industry by imposing burdensome individual licensing requirements on mechanical workers. With Missouri already facing a shortage of over 120,000 construction workers, this legislation would...
Urge Congress to Oppose the Radical PRO Act
On March 5, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Bobby Scott reintroduced the ABC-opposed PRO Act in the 119th Congress. This radical legislation includes dozens of provisions that would violate workers’ free choice and privacy rights, force unions on employees who have...
Protect Mechanical Contractors and Oppose Senate Bill 31
There is a bill, SB 31, currently in the General Assembly that is a direct threat to Missouri’s construction industry, and we need your voice to stop it.While Missouri currently has a contractor-based licensing system, this bill imposes burdensome individual licensing...
Tell Your Senators To Oppose Sen. Hawley’s Anti-Worker PRO Act Framework
On Jan. 10, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced a labor policy legislative framework that includes sections of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, including ABC-opposed language on ambush elections, banning so-called captive...
Call on Your Representative to Co-Sponsor Ohio’s Permissive Prevailing Wage Bill
A bill has been introduced in the General Assembly that seeks to raise the prevailing wage threshold to $500,000 and grant local governments, public universities, libraries, and Transportation Improvement Districts more discretion in their use of prevailing wage...
Tell Your Members of Congress to Co-Sponsor the Fair and Open Competition Act
On March 14, Senator Todd Young, R-In., and Representative Clay Higgins, R-La., issued press releases, announcing the introduction of H.R.2126/S.1064, the Fair and Open Competition Act in the 119th Congress. Notably, seventeen Senators and 90 Representatives joined Sen...