On Nov. 13, Associated Builders and Contractors filedÌýcommentsÌýurging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to withdraw theÌýWorker Walkaround Representative Designation Process proposed rule, which would allowÌýemployees to choose a third-party representative, such as an outside union representative or community organizer, to accompany an OSHA safety inspector into nonunion workplaces during site inspections.ÌýÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓalso signed on to comments submitted by theÌýCoalition for Workplace SafetyÌýandÌýConstruction Industry Safety Coalition.

On Sept. 26, ABC, as a steering committee member of the Coalition for Workplace Safety, and 40 other employer organizations sent aÌýletterÌýto the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections calling out the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for its Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process proposed rulemaking and the politicization of the agency that the rulemaking exemplifies. The proposed rule would allow an employee to choose a third-party representative, such as an outside union representative, to accompany an OSHA inspector into nonunion facilities.