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House Oversight Committee Hears the Truth About Biden/Harris Project Labor Agreement Schemes on Taxpayer-Funded Construction Projects
Associated Builders and Contractors June 27, 2024, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, calling on Congress to pass the Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R. 1209/S. 537) and reject the Biden/Harris administration’s controversial policies pushing government-mandated project labor agreements for federal and federally assisted construction projects funded by […]
U.S. House and Senate Introduce Fair and Open Competition Act in 119th Congress
The 119th Congress has introduced the Fair and Open Competition Act with a record-breaking number of original cosponsors and broad construction industry and pro-taxpayer stakeholder support. Urge your lawmakers to cosponsor this important legislation prohibiting anti-competitive and inflationary government-mandated project labor agreements on federal and federally assisted construction projects via this grassroots campaign today. ABC […]
U.S Department of Veterans Affairs Halts Inflationary Project Labor Agreement Mandates on Construction Projects
The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs announced the reversal of a controversial Biden administration policy mandating project labor agreements on solicitations for construction contracts of $35 million or more. The policy change is expected to restore merit-based competition for taxpayer-funded construction contracts to build Veterans Affairs hospitals, outpatient facilities, office buildings, national cemeteries and other […]
Pentagon Kills Biden’s Controversial Project Labor Agreement Mandate Policy on Military Construction
Associated Builders and Contractors celebrated a Feb. 7 decision by the U.S. Department of Defense, released to the public Feb. 11, that will restore merit-based competition for taxpayer-funded construction projects procured by military agencies. “The DoD’s new policy effectively eliminates President Joe Biden’s controversial rule requiring anti-competitive, inflationary, union-favoring project labor agreements on federal construction projects of $35 million or […]
Project Labor Agreement Mandate Stifles Competition, Cancels Solicitation for $1B Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently canceled its solicitation for the construction of a $500 million to $1 billion federal currency printing plant in Beltsville, Maryland, on behalf of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing. According to its Jan. 13, 2025, notice canceling the solicitation, the USACE Baltimore District cited “budgetary […]
Court Rules Against A Dozen Federal Project Labor Agreement Mandates, But Costly Biden PLA Rule Remains in Place
On Jan. 20, Associated Builders and Contractors celebrated a decision from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that rules in favor of ABC members that filed bid protests challenging former President Joe Biden’s controversial policy requiring anti-competitive, inflationary, union-favoring project labor agreements on federal construction projects of $35 million or more. Judge Ryan T. Holte’s Jan. 19 ruling in favor […]
Restoring Fair and Open Competition on Federal and Federally Assisted Construction Projects Would Save Taxpayers At Least $10 Billion Annually
The Trump administration has an incredible opportunity to rebuild America’s infrastructure better and faster with a commonsense policy change expected to save taxpayers at least $10 billion annually on federal and federally assisted construction projects procured by local, state and federal governments, according to new analysis by Associated Builders and Contractors. By replacing inflationary Biden […]
Biden Policies on Project Labor Agreements and Apprenticeship Exacerbate Construction Industry Skilled Labor Shortage
The construction industry is projecting a shortage of more than half a million skilled workers in 2024. It is also facing materials cost inflation of more than 41% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, continued supply chain disruptions and uncertainty caused by a series of controversial Biden administration regulations harming the construction industry and […]
ABC Files Motion For Preliminary Injunction Against President Biden’s Anti-Competitive Project Labor Agreement Rule for Federal Construction Projects
On April 26, Associated Builders and Contractors and its Florida First Coast chapter filed a motion for preliminary injunction as part of its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville in response to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s Dec. 22, 2023, final rule—and the related Dec. 18, 2023, […]
BLS: A Record 89.3% of the U.S. Construction Industry Is Not Part of a Union
According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2023 Union Members Summary released Jan. 23, 2024, a historic low of 10.7% of the construction industry belongs to a union, a decline from 11.7% in 2022. BLS reports that 7.9 million construction workers were not members of a union in […]