New Jersey lawmakers are advancing A-5967/S-4864, legislation that would dramatically expand Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) to nearly all local public construction projects, including small, routine jobs like school repairs and municipal renovations. This directly...

A series of three bills relating to prevailing wage expansion are on Governor Hochul's desk awaiting her signature or veto -- S.2536-A/A.2747, S.5379/A.4914 and S.7485/A.8465. These bills expand prevailing wage to offsite fabrication for public works, private brownfield...

A bill (S.1672-B) - (A.756-B) has been introduced in the New York legislature by Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and Senator Monica Martinez that would force mandatory Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on all Long Island public school construction projects. These bills...

On Sept. 16, Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., introduced the ABC-opposed Faster Labor Contracts Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill strips away the rights of employers and employees to freely negotiate workplace conditions. Specifically, the FLCA imposes a...

A bill has been introduced in the General Assembly by Representative Beth Lear that seeks to raise the prevailing wage threshold to $5 million and grant local governments, public universities, libraries, and Transportation Improvement Districts more discretion in their use...

We need you to contact your legislators today and urge them to co-sponsor State Representatives Thadeus Claggett and Heidi Workman’s Fair and Open Competition Act that will prohibit the use of state funds on public works projects that include a mandatory project labor...

There is an ever-growing push to mandate Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on public projects across the District, with supporters and allied City Council members working to eliminate fair and open competition on public work within the city. We need you to make your voice...

The House Appropriations Committee plans to take up the Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill on Tuesday, June 24.  We need your help to ensure that seasonal businesses continue to receive cap relief in FY 2026. Representatives...

On June 12, the Office of Management and Budget announced that the Trump administration will continue enforcing former President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14063 and its final rule mandating project labor agreements on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or...

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Maryland is calling on our members to contact members of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee immediately to voice your strong opposition to Senate Bill 653 (S.B. 653). This bill proposes to establish a procurement preference...

Critical legislation is currently in the Texas House State Affairs Committee that will directly impact your ability to compete fairly for publicly funded construction projects. This bill, HB 1951, expands on the success of the 2019 Fair and Open Competition Act (HB 985)...

On Jan. 10, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced a labor policy legislative framework that includes sections of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, including ABC-opposed language on ambush elections, banning so-called captive...

A bill has been introduced in the General Assembly that seeks to raise the prevailing wage threshold to $500,000 and grant local governments, public universities, libraries, and Transportation Improvement Districts more discretion in their use of prevailing wage...

On March 14, Senator Todd Young, R-In., and Representative Clay Higgins, R-La., issued press releases, announcing the introduction of H.R.2126/S.1064, the Fair and Open Competition Act in the 119th Congress. Notably, seventeen Senators and 90 Representatives joined Sen...