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Executive Order Affecting Projects Over $35 Million Signed
An executive order that requires the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects above $35 million has been signed by the President. The White House says the Order will help alleviate the management and coordination challenges that … Continue reading
Justices Turn Away Ironworkers’ Strike Limit Challenge
On May 24, the Supreme Court declined to review a petition by an Ironworker local which asserted that a federal labor law provision bars protesting unions from inviting neutral workers to join violates the First Amendment. The case was heard … Continue reading
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Tagged first amendment, glass and glazing, glass industry, glass news, Ironworkers, protests, SCOTUS, supreme court, unions, USGlass
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Health and Safety Experts Discuss Workplace Initiatives with OSHA and Ironworkers
Despite having navigated life in the time of a pandemic for a year, there is still uncharted territory in everyone’s day-to-day life. Schools worldwide are dealing with the effects and possibilities of students returning to campus or continuing with hybrid … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID, employees, FDR, glass, health, industry standards, Ironworkers, NEP, OSHA, safety, standards, unions
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Union Organization Backs Executive Order In Support of Labor Union and Workers
President Biden signed an executive order on Monday, April 26, establishing a new White House task force to empower and promote labor workers and unions across the country. At least one glazing industry union organization has spoken out in support … Continue reading
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Tagged Executive Order, flat glass, glass, glass and glazing, glass industry, glass news, glazing, government, industrial glass, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, iupat, labor unions, laborers, politics, President Biden, pro act, union workers, unions, us glass, use, using, USW, white house
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Unions Oppose Homeland Security’s Addition of 22,000 H-2B Visas
Several labor unions, including the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, are opposing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor’s (DOL) H-2B Visa increase. … Continue reading
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Tagged construction unions, DHS, federal government, glass, glass and glazing, glass events, glass installation, glass insulation, glazing, glazing unions, government, h-2b visas, industrial glass, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Ironworkers Union, labor unions, Painters and Allied Trade Unions, politics, screens, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Labor, unemployment, unions, visas, window, window manufacturers
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