The National Labor Relations Board issued its final rule on “Fair Choice—Employee Voice,” which restores three NLRB policies that facilitate union organizing, including the NLRB’s policy on voluntary recognition in the construction industry.

Labor productivity is the central economic engine that drives profitability for labor-intensive, self-performing contractors. FMI’s 2023 Labor Productivity Study found that contractors experienced approximately $30 billion to $40 billion in lost profits due to labor inefficiencies in 2022.

Associated Builders and Contractors and its Florida First Coast chapter filed suit in federal court on March 28 to stop the Biden administration’s unlawful scheme to mandate project labor agreements on construction contracts procured by federal agencies.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced new streamlined processes for noncitizen workers who are victims of, or witnesses to, the violation of labor rights, to access an expedited deferred action request process. Deferred action protects noncitizen workers from threats of immigration-related retaliation from abusive employers.

Here, South Valley Drywall CEO revisits with the magazine to talk about the next year, the next wave of labor and what we can do as a nation to improve the immigration dialogue.

The homebuilding sector is hiring more workers and increasing wages — and that could mean more affordable housing is on the way.