By Construction Citizen | Originally posted on ConstructionCitizen.com According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of 2022 state union membership data published recently by UnionStats.com, at least 9 out of 10 construction workers in private industry do not belong to a union in 26 states, up from 24 states in 2021. Nationwide, a record 88.3% of construction […]
By Jacob Bogage | Originally posted on WashingtonPost.com At Julie Su’s confirmation hearing, Republican lawmakers accused her of favoring organized labor groups over employers. President Biden’s nominee for labor secretary appears to face an uphill battle for confirmation, with Republican lawmakers at a confirmation hearing Thursday accusing her of being overly sympathetic to unions. “As […]
By David Marcus | Originally posted on radio.foxnews.com It’s been over 80 days since President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have met to discuss the debt ceiling, as the President and his top advisors continue refusing to negotiate on a debt ceiling increase. Though McCarthy has not come forward with the clean proposal the […]
By contractormag.com | Originally posted on contractormag.com WASHINGTON, DC — The construction industry had 413,000 job openings in December, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer […]
By contractormag.com | Originally posted on contractormag.com WASHINGTON, DC — The construction industry added 25,000 jobs on net in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has risen by 294,000 jobs, an increase of 3.9%. Nonresidential […]
By Tile Letter | Originally posted on TileLetter.com WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—The not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate dropped 0.6% in December 2022 from a year ago, down from 5% to 4.4%, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors. Thirty-two states had lower […]
By Aron Beezley, Patrick Quigley | Originally posted on jdsupra.com On January 30, 2023, the Biden administration stated that it intends to extend the previously declared COVID-19 national emergency and the separately declared public health emergency until May 11, 2023, and then end both emergency declarations. This statement comes in response to Congressional attempts to […]
By Casey Smith | Originally posted on Yahoo.com Broad career readiness initiatives, changes to K-12 literacy curriculum and incentives for up-and-coming teachers are at the heart of multiple education bills advancing through the Indiana legislature. State lawmakers in House and Senate education committees collectively took up more than a dozen bills on Wednesday. Most of […]
By concreteproducts.com | Originally posted on concreteproducts.com Sources: Associated Builders and Contractors, Washington, D.C.; CP staff The Union Members Survey from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds the percentage of construction industry wage and salary workers belonging to unions dropped to a record low of 11.7 percent in 2022, versus 12.6 […]
By The Iowa Standard | Originally posted on theiowastandard.com On Tuesday, Congressman Jeff Duncan’s Freedom for Health Care Workers Act passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support (227 to 203). This legislation would end the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and nullifies the rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & […]