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Construction employment remained on a seesaw in April as only 19 states added jobs, 28 states and the District of Columbia had declines and three states maintained March employment levels, according to an analysis by AGC of Labor Department data.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday approved legislation with bipartisan support to prohibit the collection of political contribution information from bidders for government contracts. The bill, S. 1100, Keeping Politics out of Federal Contracting, is cosponsored by 22 senators.
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a provision expanding opportunities for U.S. contractors bidding on international military construction projects within the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility.
AGC and the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) met this week with House Leadership staff to discuss legislation that would severely restrict federal agency participation in conferences hosted by private organizations. Aside from ASAE, AGC was the only other organization there to fight for continued open discussion with federal agency representatives at private industry conferences and meetings.
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday passed a funding bill that would cut military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction accounts. Military construction received $2.6 billion less than in the current fiscal year, largely due to already-planned reductions and pauses in construction. Meanwhile, the VA’s major projects construction account sees a $57 million decrease in FY2013 when compared to FY2012. However, on a more positive note, the bill increases the VA’s minor projects construction account by $125 million next fiscal year.
Today, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2013 (H.R.4310) that would prohibit the federal government from mandating the use of a project labor agreement (PLA) or favoring a contractor because of the signing of a project labor agreement (PLA). AGC sent a letter to the House today in support of the amendment. The vote passed (211-209) mostly along party lines with most republicans supporting it and all but one democrat opposing.
The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council held its 28th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium April 19-20 in Washington, D.C. Attorneys and chapter labor relations managers from across the country in record numbers attended to learn about the latest developments in construction labor and employment law.
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) new rule revising election procedures in union representation cases is invalid, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled May 14. The rule, often called the “quickie election” or “ambush election” rule because it expedites the election process to unions’ advantage, took effect on April 30. The Board has suspended implementation of the rule and is expected to revert back to procedures in effect before April 30.
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