Punching In: Construction Groups Take on Labor Agreements Rule

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

Project Labor Agreements Rule|EEOC Guidance on Emerging Bias

Rebecca Rainey: The share of construction workers who are members of unions dropped from 11.7% in 2022 to 10.7% in 2023, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week. That decline was higher than the overall national trend, and could provide more ammunition to business groups representing construction employers that say the Biden administration’s moves to require project-wide collective bargaining pacts with unions on large federal construction projects will make it harder for the federal government to find ...