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The U.S. Senate rejected a proposed amendment to H.R. 1, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, which would have waived the requirement that contractors pay prevailing wages on construction and repair projects related to...
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Yesterday, Michigan Republicans introduced and passed a ‘Right to Work for Less’ law in the state legislator. In an extraordinary move the legislation received no committee hearings and was passed by both chambers of the Michigan legislator mere hours after introduction. Details of the bill weren’t publicly available until it was read aloud during floor debate on the bill.
Read MoreDec 6, 2012 | Construction News | 0 |
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) request to seek public comments on possible changes to the agency’s standards for the construction industry has been approved by the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Read MoreNov 29, 2012 | Member News | 0 |
Construction contractor P.S. Construction Group has paid $212,269 in back wages to 40 employees and has been debarred by the U.S. Department of Labor from participating in federal contracts for three years for its failure to pay prevailing wages on a federally funded project.
Read MoreNov 27, 2012 | Member News | 0 |
Today, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that the state apportionment board’s redrawing of state legislative boundaries is constitutional.
The state apportionment board’s was heavily criticized statewide and nationally as a blatant example of political gerrymandering. In one example of alleged gerrymandering, U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur 9th District stretches from Toledo to the Cleveland area.
Read MoreNov 9, 2012 | Member News | 0 |
According to new employment numbers released by the United States Department of Labor the unemployment rate for the construction industry fell to 11.4% in October. The sector added 17,000 new jobs according to the report from...
Read MoreOct 31, 2012 | Member News | 0 |
An Indiana court recently ruled that the United Steelworkers (“USW”) can pursue a legal challenge to the right-to-work-for-less legislation that the state enacted earlier this year. The court found that it could not “categorically” rule that the new statute does not violate the state constitution.
Read MoreOct 25, 2012 | Member News | 0 |
Housing starts surged in September, rising 15%, its highest level since the summer of 2008; gains were reports in three out of four regions according to a report from the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Urban Development.
Building permits, a forward-looking economic indicator, also rose significantly by 11.6%, gaining in all four regions according to the report.
Oct 16, 2012 | Member News | 0 |
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Ohio Secretary of State John Husted’s final possible appeal attempting to block weekend voting hours for Ohio residents the weekend before Election Day.
Secretary Husted had refused to follow last week’s federal appellate court decision, in which a third judge panel ruled in favor of the Ohio campaign and the Ohio Democratic Party and blocked a state law which would have limited early voting hours.
Oct 12, 2012 | Construction News | 0 |
The unemployment rate for the construction continued its decline in September, dropping to 11.9% according to the Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the construction industry added 5000...
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