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Mar 28, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
Today marks a sad and unfortunate milestone for the middle class workers in Michigan, as well as the entire state’s economy. Ohio’s northern neighbor officially joined a group of states as a “So Called Right to Work” state. More...
Read MoreMar 25, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
The Greater Cincinnati Building and Construction Trades Council has filed a lawsuit to insure developers pay prevailing wages on all facets of a $78 million project in the Clifton Heights area of Cincinnati.
The union is suing Towne Calhoun Development and Al Neyer Inc., developers of the U Square at The Loop project.
Mar 20, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
New residential construction statistics demonstrated positive gains across the board, according to the February 2013 report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Read MoreMar 5, 2013 | Construction News | 0 |
Construction spending during January 2013 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $883.3 billion, 7.1% above the January 2012 estimate of $824.7 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of...
Read MoreMar 4, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) recently introduced a bill that would exempt construction projects funded by the Highway Trust Fund from prevailing wage payments required by the Davis-Bacon Act.
The Congressional Budget Office uses the Highway Trust Fund to pay for labor costs incurred on federally funded infrastructure projects. CBO estimates that the fund will become insolvent in fiscal year 2015 if an additional $126 billion in new revenue is not produced.
Feb 25, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
In the recent case of Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’s Circuit ruled that three of President Obama’s recess appointments to the NLRB were unconstitutional.
Sharon Block (D), Richard F. Griffin (D), and Terence F. Flynn (R) were appointed after the opening of the second session of the 112th Congress; Members Block and Griffin were formally re-nominated, but Flynn has since resigned. The NLRB is composed of five members and cannot issue decisions or take other action in the absence of a valid three-member quorum.
Feb 20, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) recently introduced the Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act, which would require the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics to use its wage data to determine federal prevailing wages.
Prevailing Wage Laws require construction contractors who work on public projects to pay construction workers at least the prevailing wages and benefits in the area in which they are working. The Prevailing Wages are the actual hourly wages, benefits and overtime to be paid to workers, calculated by the U.S. and Ohio Departments of Labor for construction trades.
Feb 18, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced the National Right to Work Act, S. 204, to “preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.”
A press release on the senator’s website regarding the act states, “Sen. Paul’s Right to Work Act does not add a single word to existing federal law, it simply deletes forced unionism provisions in federal law.”
Feb 1, 2013 | Construction News | 0 |
The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during December 2012 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $855 billion which is a slight increase over November...
Read MoreJan 28, 2013 | Member News | 0 |
After eight straight months of gains, builder confidence remained stalled and remained flat in January according to the National Association of Home Builders (“NAHB”). The NAHB-Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was 47 for the...
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