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ABC Expresses Concerns to DOD on Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program Proposed Rule
On Feb. 26, ABC joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and eight other groups in submitting comments to the U.S. Department of Defense on its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program proposed rule, which would require federal contractors and...
ABC Insurance Trust: Presenting Sponsor of ABC’s Excellence in Construction Awards
As the presenting sponsor of ABC's 34th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards, the ABC Insurance Trustembraces merit shop principles to highlight the pivotal role that healthy competition plays in improving the construction industry. The Trust’s innovative...
Government-Registered Apprenticeship Programs Not Keeping Up With Construction Industry Needs
At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs will fail to meet the construction industry’s short- and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis...
US House Passes Tax Bill in Bipartisan Vote
While the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ABC-supported Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act last week, the bill still has an uncertain pathway in the U.S. Senate, where Republicans have taken a harder line against the proposal, calling for an...
Construction Employment Up 11,000 in January
The construction industry added 11,000 jobs on net in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has expanded by 216,000 jobs, an...
ABC: 2024 Construction Workforce Shortage Tops Half a Million
The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 501,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2024 to meet the demand for labor, according to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors. In 2025, the industry...
ABC: Less Than 10% of the Construction Workforce Belongs to a Union in 29 States
Associated Builders and Contractors today released an analysis of 2023 state union membership data published by UnionStats.com, which found at least 90% of workers in the private construction industry do not belong to a union in 29 states. That’s up from 26 states in...
Biden Labor Department’s Proposed Rule on Apprenticeships Published; Comments Due March 18
On Jan. 17, 2024, the Federal Register published the controversial 626-page U.S. Department of Labor proposed rule that would make significant revisions to the National Apprenticeship System that will affect ABC members, chapters, apprentices and other industry...
ABC, Business Coalition File Motion To Renew Litigation Against DOL Classification Rule
On Jan. 9, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced the final rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which rescinds the ABC-supported 2021 final rule and replaces it with a...
ABC Leads Coalition Opposition to Biden’s PLA Final Rule
In December 2023, President Biden announced a final rule implementing Executive Order 14063, which requires federal construction contracts of $35 million or more to be subjected to controversial project labor agreements. ABC issued a statement announcing plans to...