The Merit Shop Visits Congress at ABC’s 2014 Legislative Conference
Members of the merit shop contracting community: Welcome to Washington, D.C., and ABC’s 2014 Legislative Conference. If you are here, you already understand the importance of ABC’s motto, “Get Into Politics or Get Out of Business!” As construction industry leaders, you will be talking with your peers and lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the negative […]
Coalition to Congress: Restrict Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
Today a diverse coalition of construction industry associations and employer groups sent letters to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in opposition to government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) and anti-competitive PLA preferences used by federal agencies as a result of President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 and related regulations. The letters ask lawmakers […]