Associated Builders and Contractors issued a statement from its Vice President of Regulatory, Labor and State Affairs, Ben Brubeck, on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement that the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will revise the definition of “waters of the United States.” “On behalf of contractors across America that…
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On March 10, in a 67-32 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Ted Budd, R-N.C., voted against Chavez-DeRemer, while seventeen Democrats voted for her. The Senate floor vote to confirm her follows a…
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Associated Builders and Contractors today released an analysis of 2024 state union membership data published by unionstats.com, which found that in 41 states at least 80% of workers in the private construction industry did not belong to a union. At least 90% of workers in the private construction industry did not…
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The construction industry had 236,000 job openings on the last day of January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today in 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…
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Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.3 months in February, according to an ABC member survey conducted Feb. 20 to March 5. The reading is up 0.2 months since February 2024. View the full Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index data series. Backlog…
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The construction industry added 19,000 jobs on net in February, 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 increased by 174,000 jobs, an increase of 2.1%. Nonresidential construction employment increased by 6,200…
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Associated Builders and Contractors today released the following statement regarding the reintroduction of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, legislation that would violate workers’ free choice and privacy rights, force unions on employees who have voted against such representation, cost millions of American jobs and threaten vital supply chains. “Once…
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National nonresidential construction spending increased 0.1% in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.248 trillion. Spending was up on a monthly basis in 12 of the 16 nonresidential subcategories.…
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Construction is among the few industries where someone can become an apprentice, earn a paycheck while learning their craft and eventually become credentialed. There have been misleading assertions that individuals on foreign visas are to blame for union workers losing out on job opportunities. In a recently published opinion piece, it…
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Associated Builders and Contractors today announced its sponsorship of Construction Safety Week 2025, which will take place May 5-9, as a call to action for the entire contracting community to commit to a safer industry. “Total human health and safety are core values in building safer cultures, jobsites and employees, and…
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