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New Survey Shows How Nation’s 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’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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AGC Members Mount Effort to Discourage Cosponsors of "Card Check;" AGC Urges Members to Continue to Act
Supporters of the (so-called) Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) are making a push to introduce this legislation in the House very soon and are continuing to push for original co-sponsors of the bill. AGC opposes the Employee Free Choice Act and urges AGC members to discourage cosponsorship. EFCA… Read More
February 12, 2009
President Signs Stimulus Bill
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The plan includes significant infrastructure investment, as outlined in the AGC summary of infrastructure and public building investment provisions. For more information, visit www.agc.org/stimulus, which is updated regularly with… Read More
February 12, 2009
Stimulus Compromise Includes Reduced Transportation Funding
House and Senate conferees last night agreed to a $789 billion economic stimulus bill that includes funding for transportation infrastructure programs. The House will vote on the compromise tomorrow and the Senate soon after. While the actual legislative language is not yet available summaries of… Read More
February 12, 2009
AGC Speaks Out on President Obama's Executive Order
AGC's chief executive officer Steve Sandherr was quoted in The Washington Post today in an article titled "Builders Groups Decry Obama's Order on Projects." According to Sandherr, the order, which lifts a ban on government-mandated project labor agreements, "has the unfortunate protential to limit… Read More
February 12, 2009
New Act Amends Federal Regulations and Increases Possibility of Pay Discrimination Claims
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which extends the time period allowed for employees to seek compensation for unequal pay practices was signed into law by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009.  The act is retroactive to May 28, 2007, and applies to all claims of pay discrimination on or… Read More
February 12, 2009
Pres. Obama Lifts Ban on Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
On February 6, Pres. Obama issued an executive order revoking an executive order issued by Pres. George W. Bush that largely prohibited federal agencies from imposing a project labor agreement on federal and federally assisted construction projects.  The new order encourages agencies to consider… Read More
February 12, 2009
Simonson Says: Looking for a Turnaround
Will February mark the low point in the economic cycle? Assuming President Obama signs the tax and spending relief package this month, and Treasury goes ahead with further banking and credit measures announced by Secretary Geithner on February 10, the economy will soon begin getting a strong double… Read More
February 12, 2009
Conferees agree on stimulus - $150 billion for construction; multifamily outlook is grim
House and Senate Democratic leaders announced agreement this evening on the fiscal stimulus legislation and intend to push for passage this weekend. "Although the final legislative language was not immediately available, lawmakers said the bill contained more than $150 billion in public works… Read More
February 12, 2009
Obama Reverses Bush Executive Order Banning PLAs on Government Contracts
On February 6 President Obama issued an Executive Order that repeals a previously enacted Executive Order that bans Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on federal projects (Executive Order 13202 of February 17, 2001), even going so far as to encourage (but not mandate)  agencies to use PLAs in federal… Read More
February 11, 2009
Sign Up Today For AGC's Federal Contractors Conference in Washington D.C.
Registration has now been activated for AGC’s Federal Contractors Conference, and can be accessed through the new website – www.agc.org/fedcon.   The Federal Contractors Conference is the only national event where AGC contractors and Federal agency personnel can meet and review procurement and… Read More
February 11, 2009

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