The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration has partnered with several construction trade associations across the state to participate in the statewide Fall Protection Safety Stand Down. Participating employers will shut down their jobs on Monday morning, June 1, and train their employees on fall protection for approximately 45-60 minutes.

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Please join us for a Fall Protection Safety Stand Down on construction jobsites across Tennessee.

I would like to encourage you to attend the upcoming ABC State Convention...

"Once the broader economy begins to recover more fully, nonresidential contractors can expect revenue opportunities to become more apparent after a typical one to two year lag." —ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu

"The Secretary of Labor said today that the reason for the cut in this critical Department of Labor office is to return it to the levels of 2003.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today launched a new website designed to track and disseminate news and information about the detrimental effects of union-only, publicly funded construction project labor agreements (PLAs). Publicly funded PLAs are contracts that effectively restrict open shop contractors and their employees - comprising more than 84 percent of the construction workforce - from bidding and working on construction projects.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Announced the 2010 Inflation Adjusted Amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

"Once the broader economy begins to recover more fully, nonresidential contractors can expect revenue opportunities to become more apparent after a typical one to two year lag." —ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced the results of a new study, conducted by George Mason University’s John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy, showing that from 2000 to 2007, construction labor unions spent more than $1 billion in union wages to underbid nonunion contractors in a practice called “job targeting.”