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August 26, 2024
ѻý & 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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ѻý Helps Construction Firms Break It Down
There’s a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan (physical) infrastructure bill—entitled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—and the $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill, also known as the “budget… Read More
October 21, 2021
ѻý Hosts Webinar; Continues Dialogue with Agencies; Engaged Legal Counsel
On October 14, ѻý held a webinar running through the ins and outs of the federal contractor vaccine mandate from a construction contractor’s perspective. ѻý members can find a recording of the webinar and its slides… Read More
October 21, 2021
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal OSHA) has reportedly threatened to repeal several states’—Arizona, South Carolina and Utah—state OSHA plans because they have not adopted federal OSHA’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard (ETS) issued on June 17. State… Read More
October 21, 2021
On October 19, ѻý met with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to share a host of concerns about the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) draft emergency temporary standard (ETS). OSHA sent the draft ETS—the details of which remain unknown—to OMB for… Read More
October 21, 2021
ѻý’s 2021 Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference wrapped up Oct. 15 after two days of in-person education, sharing of best practices and networking in St. Louis, MO. The conference continues to be a must-attend event for human resources and training professionals in the… Read More
October 21, 2021
Negotiators conducting collective bargaining between January and September of this year agreed to raise construction craft workers’ wage and fringe benefits by an average of 2.6 percent or $1.63 during the first contract year, according to the Construction Labor Research Council’s (CLRC) latest… Read More
October 21, 2021
The 2021 CCC Gala, with a theme of “Hot Havana Nights” started with a goal of raising $100,000 for student education in the Construction industry. Within two hours the group met that goal and exceeded it times four including generous donations of $250,000 by Procore’s HBCU challenge fund, a $… Read More
October 21, 2021
Many employers are wondering about the extent to which they can incent employees and their dependents to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by adjusting medical plan eligibility, modifying medical plan premiums payable by employees, and/or excluding coverage of treatment of the coronavirus where a plan… Read More
October 20, 2021
Releases New Myth v. Fact Document
With misinformation in the public sphere about the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (formerly titled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), ѻý has produced a myth versus fact document—click HERE—to help correct the record. The ѻý co-chaired… Read More
October 14, 2021
ѻý Hosts Webinar; Continues Dialogue with Agencies; Engaged Legal Counsel
On October 14, ѻý held a webinar—free for ѻý members—with the prominent federal procurement law firm Crowell & Moring to run through the ins and outs of the federal contractor vaccine mandate from a construction… Read More
October 14, 2021