Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: ABC, AGC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated General Contractors, bill, Boetcher, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Helios USA, IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Wisconsin, Manley, Ostrenga, PSC, Public Service Commission, renewable energy, solar, Todd Stuart, wind, WMC
Comments: 5
By Sean Ryan
A manufacturer and union predict more construction work from a state renewable energy bill, while business groups argue the measure would drive jobs out of Wisconsin.
The bill would support energy-conservation projects by increasing the amount the state charges ratepayers. It also would set a 2025 deadline for 25 percent of state electricity to [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Job Creation Proposal
Associated Builders and Contractors on Tuesday unveiled its 2010 Job Creation Proposal, a package of recommendations that will help to stimulate the construction industry and put Americans back to work.
In its proposal, ABC recommends eliminating uncertainty in the business environment by calling on Congress and the administration to focus on free-enterprise initiatives and open competition [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: ABC, Assembly Committee on Labor, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Balko, Construction Business Group, Eagle Construction, Kahl, law, Mary Williams, Mielke, prevailing wage, reporting, Sinicki, state budget, threshold
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would repeal every prevailing wage law change enacted in last year’s state budget faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Legislature.
State Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, has drafted a bill that would reinstate a threshold of $234,000 as the point at which prevailing wages must be paid on public projects. The threshold [...]
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Brian Mitchell, Construction Business Group, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, law, Markson, Melli Law SC, prevailing wage, Robb Kahl, wage reporting, wages, Wanta, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, Witte, WTBA
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By Paul Snyder
Three contractor groups are aligning themselves with the Department of Workforce Development in support of changes to the state’s prevailing wage law.
Those groups — the Construction Business Group, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association — have filed a motion to support the law changes under review by Dane [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, ABC, AGC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Boullion, clean energy, coalition, Dane County, Department of Natural Resources, diesel, DNR, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, Hiniker, Hulsey, idling, John Anderson, Miller, Plale, Tom Walker, Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
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By Paul Snyder
Fearing a diesel emissions crackdown that could cripple construction company budgets, industry groups want new rules approved before the state has a chance to study the issue.
The Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition — with the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and [...]
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, blog, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, Hot Topics, thompson
By Chris Thompson
editor
When cornered, leaders of government agencies often cover their eyes, shut their mouths and fire off vaguely worded press releases.
Published: February 4, 2010
Tags: ABC, AFL-CIO, AGC, Associated Builders & Contractors of America, Associated General Contractors of America, Becker, Gaston Pearce, Hayes, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, SEIU, Service Employees International Union
A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted 13-10 along party lines to support the nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board.
Business associations, including the Associated Builders & Contractors of America and Associated General Contractors of America, opposed Becker’s nomination.
Becker is a Democrat and former associate general counsel of the Service Employees International [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Dane County Circuit Court Judge John Markson, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, Markson, prevailing-wage report, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
By Paul Snyder
The state will not penalize contractors that fail to comply with the Department of Workforce Development’s new prevailing-wage reporting requirements, said Dane County Circuit Court Judge John Markson.
The suspension of enforcement will continue until April 19, when Markson is expected to grant or reject the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc.’s request [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, contractors, Dane County Circuit Court, DWD, injunction, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued a press release late Tuesday informing contractors that the state’s prevailing wage law is still in effect.
The announcement followed a report by the Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., which has filed an injunction in Dane County Circuit Court against the law. ABC said Tuesday that DWD [...]
Published: February 1, 2010
Tags: ABC, contactor, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, payroll, payroll data, Stone
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To the editor:
With private construction spending down, policymakers are hopeful that government spending on public projects will spur economic growth. But new regulations accompanying the spending are counterproductive.
Builders who regularly work on public works projects know to expect a certain level of inefficient government regulations. Newcomers, attracted by the increased spending, will be stunned by [...]
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