ABC Calls Out Anti-Competitive Policies and Rhetoric in President Biden’s Speech
Associated Builders and Contractors President and CEO Michael Bellaman responded on March 7 to President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address with the following statement:
“President Biden continues to push exclusionary and inflationary agendas and actions that discourage the overwhelming majority of construction workers who do not belong to a union — nearly 90 percent — from building and rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure. Anti-competitive regulations and bills, like the final rule mandating discriminatory project labor agreements on federal construction contracts, the burdensome Davis-Bacon final rule, the controversial government-registered apprenticeship system overhaul proposal and executive order, the confusing independent contractor final rule and the freedom-violating Protecting the Right to Organize Act, are only undermining taxpayer investments in infrastructure and further exacerbating the industry’s labor shortage.