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New Survey Shows How Nation鈥檚 Failure to Invest in Construction Education & Training Programs Makes it Hard for Firms to Build
August 26, 2024
  AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation鈥檚 failure to invest in construction鈥 Read More

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Mixed Results in Tuesday's Presidential Contests
To no one鈥檚 surprise, Donald Trump easily swept the Arizona primary on Tuesday.  Mr. Trump notched a 47-25-10 percent popular vote victory margin over Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich, respectively.  With this performance, the New York real estate mogul claimed the last major Winner-鈥 Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Advocates to Stop OSHA Proposed Rule on Crystalline Silica
Help Us Spread the Message 鈥 Contact your Congressman AGC is supporting legislative attempts to force the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) to prove that their proposed rule to regulate the hazards of crystalline silica exposure is technologically and economically feasible鈥 Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Urges Congress to Stop Blacklisting Executive Order
Urge Your Congressman to Delay Implementation Please contact your member of Congress to urge them to delay implementation of the Blacklisting Executive Order. This President Obama executive order will require federal prime and subcontractors to report violations of 14 federal labor laws and "鈥 Read More
March 30, 2016
EPA Provides Electronic Discussion Groups on Haz Waste e-Manifest Development
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues its efforts to implement a national electronic manifest system, as required by the Hazardous Waste Electronic Establishment Act (Act). Throughout 2016-2017, EPA expects to make significant progress on developing the e-Manifest system, which鈥 Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Asks Supreme Court to Grant Adequate, Timely Means to Challenge WOTUS Determinations
Today, March 30, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs v. Hawkes Co. Inc. This case has important implications for construction work that occurs in, or around, water or wetlands.  The central question in the case is whether landowners and鈥 Read More
March 30, 2016
Environmental, Worker Safety Violations Merged Under New Federal Enforcement Initiative
Government Seeks To Pursue OSHA Violations Using Enhanced Environmental Penalties The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the early stages of implementing a new hard-hitting enforcement initiative for cracking down on violations of worker safety and environmental laws.  AGC members are鈥 Read More
March 29, 2016
Labor Department Issues Final "Persuader" Rule, Increasing Reporting Obligations of Employers and Labor Consultants
AGC Opposed to New Rule Overall, but Attained Some Improvements Over Proposed Rule The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule on 鈥減ersuader鈥 activities in the Federal Register on Wednesday.  The rule, which was pending for nearly five years, expands reporting obligations of鈥 Read More
March 29, 2016
The Final Persuader Rule: What You Need to Know 蜜桃导航 the New Reporting Requirements
On March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations revising the 鈥渁dvice exemption鈥 and requiring employers and consultants (broadly defined) to report labor relations advice and services under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act's (LMRDA) "persuader鈥 Read More
March 29, 2016
Congratulations, Skanska USA; AGC/Alliant 2016 Build America Awards Environmental Enhancement Category Winner
AGC of America is proud to announce Skanska USA won the 2016 AGC/Alliant Build America environmental enhancement award for the West Riverfront Park Redevelopment project in Nashville, Tenn.  In addition, several other winning projects included notable environmental attributes whether it was a鈥 Read More
March 29, 2016
Construction Employment Rises in 43 States and the District of Columbia Over Latest 12 Months; 27 States Add Jobs From January to February
Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between February 2015 and February 2016 while construction employment increased in 27 states between January and February, according to analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of鈥 Read More
March 25, 2016

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