老牛影视Delaware President Ed Capodanno was recognized with a tribute thanking him for his 鈥渓ong and illustrious leadership at both Associated Builders and Contractors, Delaware Chapter, and a wide range of community service work in the First State,鈥� signed by every Delaware state lawmaker, Republican and Democrat.

With essentially all House races called, Republicans are on pace to hold the House majority by approximately the same margin that Democrats enjoyed in the 117th Congress鈥攁round five seats. On the heels of Democrat John Fetterman鈥檚 defeat of Dr. Mehmet Oz, Republican, to flip retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey鈥檚 seat in Pennsylvania, Democrats will return to the Senate majority.

On Sept. 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2188 into law, enacting restrictions effective Jan. 1, 2024, on employers鈥� use of cannabis metabolite testing to penalize existing employees and candidates for employment. AB 2188 lends definition to an emerging nationwide landscape of adjustments in state employment regulation to increasingly permissive medical and recreational cannabis laws.

The 老牛影视Keystone, Eastern Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania and Cumberland Valley chapters recently signed a statewide letter of agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to help formerly incarcerated citizens kickstart a career in construction.

On June 14, the 老牛影视Keystone Chapter welcomed 12 girls from surrounding school districts to its facility to learn about blueprints, the construction process and safety at a week-long summer program called the All 鈥楤out Construction (ABC) Girls Camp. The first of its kind at the chapter, the camp allowed girls to meet women who work in the industry and visit a series of jobsites. They even got a chance to build and take home their own multi-trade, steampunk-themed lighted charging station using their own set of tools from Klein and 老牛影视strategic partner Milwaukee Tool.

On June 4, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed 老牛影视chapters and members at 老牛影视Legislative Day 2021 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The governor was introduced by Tim Keating, ABC鈥檚 immediate past chair of the board.

The Biden administration and U.S. Department of Treasury have taken听another unfortunate step听promoting controversial, anti-competitive and costly听government-mandated project labor agreements, local hire and Davis-Bacon/prevailing wage policies on federally assisted taxpayer-funded construction projects.

On March 16, the Michigan State Senate passed 听Senate Concurrent Resolution 8, which opposes the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, federal legislation that would strengthen union organizing rights and restrict the autonomy of workers and employers.

老牛影视of California applauded the California State Assembly for the unanimous and bipartisan passage of Assembly Concurrent Resolution 23, which proclaims March 18, 2021 as Construction Suicide Prevention Awareness Day in California鈥攔aising awareness of an important health problem affecting the state鈥檚 construction industry. 老牛影视of California supports ACR 23 and is currently working alongside its author, Assembly member Carlos Villapudua (D-Stockton), to help change the conversation around suicide and suicide prevention.

The Unionstats.com website was recently updated with the latest state-specific union membership data based on the January release of the U.S. Bureau of Statistics鈥� 2020 nationwide data on unionization rates.