Jeopardizes long-standing employee and employer rights
 

Tell your U.S. Representative and Senators to oppose the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 2474/S. 1306). This bill is an unprecedented attempt to fundamentally change dozens of well-established labor laws to assist organized labor without regard to their detrimental impact on workers, employers — union and open-shop — and the economy. If enacted, the PRO Act would — among other things — allow unions to launch disruptive protests and pickets against any employer, even those having nothing to do with a labor dispute; impose a “backdoor card check” exception to employees’ well-established right to a secret ballot election; and impose mandatory third-party arbitration where a union and employer do not reach agreement, undermining the collective bargaining process. Click here to take action and send a message to your U.S. Representative and Senators.

 

 

On Oct. 29, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced a “skinny” National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2020.  Despite both the House and Senate passing their versions of the NDAA over the summer, conference negotiations have stalled between the chambers. One debate is whether to backfill roughly $3.6 billion in military construction that the Trump Administration reprogrammed for projects along the southern border and whether the NDAA should limit the ability of Department of Defense to reprogram funds going forward. While the “skinny” NDAA would fund some military construction projects, it is far behind the nearly $17.8 billion in military construction the Senate NDAA passed in June. Chairman Inhofe said he remains hopeful a compromise can be found on the NDAA in the coming weeks, a bill that has passed every year for the last 58 years. AGC will continue to advocate for a Congress to pass a NDAA that fully funds military construction programs.

 

For more information, contact Jordan Howard at (703) 837-5368.

Beta.SAM.gov replaces FBO.gov 
 

On Nov. 7, the General Services Administration announced that Beta.SAM.gov is now the official source for federal contracting opportunities. The URL FBO.gov was retired and transitioned into beta.SAM.gov under “contract opportunities.”  The GSA transition was completed the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Check out AGC’s new jobsite tour brochure that will assist you in hosting state and local elected officials on tours of construction jobsites. This brochure provides information on how to successfully plan and execute a successful jobsite visit with an elected official from the invitation to the thank you notes. As you may know, one of AGC’s advocacy goals this year has been to help member companies host job site tours for members of Congress to provide a hands-on learning experience of the construction industry. These events have been successful in discussing workforce development, infrastructure funding, federal regulations, and other issues critical to our members with those who have legislative authority over our industry. While AGC will continue to complete jobsite tours with members of Congress, we hope you will use this resource to host state and local elected officials on your construction jobsites.  
 

For more information or additional assistance, please contact Jenni Traver at jennifer.traver@agc.org.