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Safety
Construction deaths drop in 2017, but industry remains most-fatal sector
Construction industry deaths dropped between 2016 and 2017, but the construction still remains the most fatal sector according to the annual AFL-CIO report.
April 30, 2019
Roadbuilding
USDOT establishes advisory committee on transportation automation
The U.S. Department of Transportation has formed a new advisory committee tasked with focusing on automation issues across the transportation industry, including automated vehicles and research, policy and regulations. The first meeting will be held Jan. 16. âDuring my time at the department, we have fostered some of the most significant technological changes to ever [âŚ]
January 13, 2017
Roadbuilding
Infrastructure Week 2016 kicks off with âInfrastructure Mattersâ theme
The 2016 Infrastructure Week kicks off today in Washington, D.C., with an event featuring business leaders as well as current and former leaders within the U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal agencies discussing the importance of infrastructure strength to the U.S. economy, health and safety. Members of the Infrastructure Week Steering Committee also will [âŚ]
May 16, 2016
Workforce
Services around U.S. mourn workers killed on the job
On Tuesday, thousands gathered in services across the country as part of the annual Workers Memorial Day remembrance. The day was established 46 years ago by the AFL-CIO to honor all workers who are killed on the job each year. Construction led all other industries in workplace deaths in 2013, according to the most recent [âŚ]
April 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Foxx on highway spending: âWe need to move forwardâ
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday urged union workers to tell Congress that âwe need to move forwardâ and increase highway spending, USA Today reports. Foxxâs comments came during a labor rally in front of AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. The rally was part of Infrastructure Week 2014. During the rally, Foxx urged attendees to [âŚ]
May 18, 2014
Workforce
Construction industry lobbyists continue to fight for more guest worker visas as immigration bill moves to House
As the House of Representatives prepares to consider the immigration bill that recently passed the Senate, construction industry lobbyists are preparing for their final chance to increase the limit on guest worker visas offered to the industry. According to a report from the Washington Post, construction industry advocates say more than 200,000 new workers will [âŚ]
July 1, 2013
Business
Construction jobs limited to 15k visas per year under new guest worker agreement
The path toward a final deal on immigration reform has likely been cleared now that the countryâs business and labor unions have reached an agreement on a guest worker program for immigrants. The New York Times reports that on Friday Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, held a conference call with U.S. Chamber of Commerce President [âŚ]
April 1, 2013
Workforce
Why construction unions are wrong in fighting immigration reform
Ah politics! Strange bedfellows. Even stranger enemies. One would think the universal brotherhood of union workers would welcome with solidarity the teeming masses from south of the border. But that is certainly not the case if those Hispanic workers have construction skills. Buzzfeed Politics is reporting that the AFL-CIO in the pending immigration bill is [âŚ]
March 26, 2013
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