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  °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â & 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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Eldon Morrison, past president of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â of Maine, addresses the group during a panel on chapter best practices. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â Chapter leaders, including executives and presidents, are meeting in Washington, D.C., over four days to discuss best practices and meet with Congress to discuss °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â's top legislative… Read More
October 5, 2009
A hot topic for discussion throughout 2009 has been the anticipated increase of new employment laws potentially introduced by the Obama administration.  While these new laws have not yet surfaced, the administration has focused heavily on the increased enforcement of existing employment laws by… Read More
October 5, 2009
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â of America, in cooperation with °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â of  New Hampshire, sent a letter last week to the Department of Labor expressing concerns about the agency's decision to include a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate in solicitations related to the construction of a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H… Read More
October 5, 2009
Construction employment saw significant declines in all but two states this August compared to last year, according to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â's analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released September 18 by the federal government.  However, the number of states gaining construction jobs increased slightly… Read More
October 5, 2009
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â's CEO Steve Sandherr told Bloomberg News that "across the country, only transportation projects have lived up to the stimulus package's promise." °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â has called on government agencies to move more quickly in getting stimulus projects out in order to put construction workers back on the job.… Read More
October 5, 2009
The Associated Press reported on surface and air transportation funding bills that are unlikely to include major improvements or additional funding due to lawmakers' concentration on health care. In the article, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ô¤²â's chief executive officer Steve Sandherr called for a long-term investment instead… Read More
October 5, 2009
After months of attempting to find common ground on a comprehensive health care reform bill, the Senate Finance Committee began their markup of the America's Healthy Future Act last week without any initial Republican support.  The goal of Democratic leaders was to finish the markup by the end of… Read More
October 5, 2009
On September 17, 2009, the House passed H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which authorizes more than $4 billion for elementary and secondary school facility projects over the next two fiscal years, and ensures that school districts will receive funds for school… Read More
October 5, 2009
Congress must take action to repeal an $8.7 billion rescission of federal highway funds set to hit the states on September 30. While for some states this will not have a direct effect, in many states the rescission will result in an actual cut in funding for highway construction projects. Congress… Read More
October 5, 2009
With SAFETEA-LU, the six-year transportation authorization legislation, expiring tomorrow, congressional action is necessary to keep the highway and transit programs operating. The House and Senate are taking different approaches to reauthorization of the programs and the likely short-term outcome… Read More
October 5, 2009