Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Graves, Local 578, Oshkosh Corp., union
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Union workers at Oshkosh Corp. have rejected a contract extension that offers a 3.5 percent raise.
The company’s one-year extension offer also includes a $750 signing bonus and no increases in health or dental premiums. In a statement, Oshkosh Corp. calls the offer a “very good overall package, especially in today’s economy.”
United [...]
Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: Harley-Davidson, jobs, union
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kansas City is one of the proposed cities where the motorcycle company might relocate some production, according to Harley-Davidson Inc.
Company spokesman Bob Klein said Friday a number of alternate sites remain on the table. He declined to say which other sites, or how many, are being considered.
Klein said he’s confirming Kansas City [...]
Published: June 10, 2010
Tags: Brechlin, Gottschalk, Joe Daniels, Joe Daniels Construction, Madison Area Technical College, MATC, National Labor Relations Board, nonunion, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, prevailing wage, Scott Watson, union
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
The owner of a Madison construction company at the center of a Carpenters union protest is disputing claims that he underpays his workers.
Joe Daniels, president of Joe Daniels Construction Co. Inc., said the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters for the past year has protested at his office and near job sites [...]
Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: ABC, ABC of Wisconsin, Associated Builders and Contractors of America, Charles Palmer, executive order, federal project, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Local 139, McGowan, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, nonunion, Obama, PLA, project labor agreements, Steve Stone, union, Zignego, Zignego Co.
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
The federal government Tuesday officially shifted toward project labor agreements, confirming the fears of nonunion contractors.
Starting May 13, federal agencies can require PLAs on projects that receive more than $25 million in federal money.
Mike Zignego, secretary/treasurer for Zignego Co. Inc., Waukesha, said he does not like the prospect of PLAs on highway jobs [...]
Published: March 22, 2010
Tags: ABC, AGC, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., Associated General Contractors of America, bill, Burr, competition, health care, insurance, nonunion, Obama, reform, Schmitt, Shoaf, union
By Sean Ryan
Two of the nation’s largest construction associations oppose a health care reform bill because, they argue, it threatens competition and would boost the cost of doing business.
“All around, it’s an awful deal,” said Geoff Burr, vice president of federal affairs for the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc.
ABC and the Associated General Contractors of [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
Tags: labor, Obama, SEIU, union, Vale AFL-CIO
By SAM HANANEL
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor’s high hopes for major gains under President Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress have dimmed, raising fresh doubts about union leverage even in the best of political times.
Prospects for a health overhaul have faded. Even slimmer are the chances of achieving labor’s chief goal, passage of a [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Associated Builders and Contractors of America, Associated General Contractors of America, Becker, Craig Becker, Gottschalk, Hayes, labor, Liebman, management, Maranto, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, Pearce, Schaumber, Sweet, union
By Sean Ryan
Construction business groups fear the balance of power on the National Labor Relations Board could shift toward labor if a former union attorney fills one of three vacant seats.
Groups such as the Associated Builders & Contractors of America and Associated General Contractors of America oppose Craig Becker, one of two Democratic nominees, because, [...]
Published: January 22, 2010
Tags: ABC, Associated Builders and Contractors, Kline, labor, PLA, preferential treatment, project labor agreements, union, Worth
Comments: 1
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors’ member Stephen Worth, president and CEO of Worth and Company, Inc., Pipersville, Pa., testified Thursday at a forum in the U.S. House of Representatives that was examining the preferential treatment big labor is receiving by the Obama administration and its allies on Capitol Hill, according to a press [...]
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders are pushing hard on President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to drop a proposed new tax on high-value health insurance plans, warning of political consequences.
The White House has indicated the tax may change so it hits fewer workers — but it’s not going away.
A Monday evening [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A union and some Democratic lawmakers are asking the University of Wisconsin System to sign a legal agreement that could make it easier for faculty and staff to organize unions.
AFT-Wisconsin wants the UW to sign a “neutrality agreement” that would govern the conduct of organizers and administrators during union drives.
Union spokeswoman [...]
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