The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council (LELC) hosted its 40th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium on May 7–8, 2025, at in Washington, D.C. The event brought together construction labor attorneys and labor relations professionals from across the country for two days of learning and networking.
This year’s agenda tackled timely and complex issues, including the evolving legacy of the Biden-era National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), strategies for managing strikes in construction, a primer on multiemployer bargaining, and multiemployer benefit challenges accompanying travelers and audits. Sessions also addressed pressing enforcement topics such as immigration worksite raids and OSHA compliance, as well as emerging employment risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace. The symposium also featured a “fireside chat” with Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling and a keynote presentation by NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cowen.
Symposium handouts are available to all AGC members in the Labor & HR Topical Resources area of the AGC website categorized by subject area. See this key for finding the handouts. Visitors must log in as AGC members to access these members-only resources. (Note that the AGC.org login system was recently updated and that a password reset will be required if you have not recently logged in.)For more info on the LELC or the symposium, contact Denise Gold, Vice President, Corporate and Labor Legal Affairs, at denise.gold@agc.org or (703) 837-5326.
AGC’s CEO Jeff Shoaf (far left), VP for Corporate & Labor Legal Affairs Denise Gold (far right), and Senior Director for Congressional Relations Jim Young (second from right) greet Dep. Sec. of Labor Keith Sonderling (second from left)
Keynote address by NLRB Acting General Counsel Bill Cowen