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TX Judge Blocks NLRB Rule Meant to Sanction Labor Law Violators
A Texas judge issued a preliminary injunction on October 24 against new regulations that require companies disclose labor law violations they committed in the past three years when they bid on a federal contract worth over $500,000. The regulations stem from a 2014 executive [...]
Light Commercial CBA Helps NJ Local Put 50 to Work
Almost 50 members are working across northern New Jersey thanks to tenacity from their local and a market-oriented agreement covering light commercial work. Sheet Metal Local 22 (Union, Morris, Somerset and Sussex Counties NJ) originally partnered with Quality Construction on [...]
SMART GP Sellers Fires Up Nevada Rally
Sellers focused on the grassroots efforts underway in Nevada and across the United States as SMART members have taken the lead in ensuring their voices are heard on election day. Click here to view the videoCalif. tour bus crash kills 13, dozens injured
CNN reports that a tour bus operated by USA Holiday slammed into the back of a tractor trailer, killing 13 and injuring 31 more. The bus was returning to Los Angeles from a casino Sunday when the crash occurred at approximately 5:15 a.m. The bus operator was killed and the tr [...]
U.S. Senators call on DOT to investigate NJT
In light of the deadly NJT September 29th transit crash in Hoboken, NJ, that killed one person and injured more than 100, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the top-ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate subcommittee that oversees passenger rail safety, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the [...]
RRB: benefits and earnings limits to increase in 2017
In two press releases, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) announced increases to benefits and retiree earnings limits for 2017. Read the press releases below. RRB 16-7: Benefits increase RRB 16-8: Retiree earnings limits increase
Region 2 Apprentices Return to Competition
Sheet metal apprentices from training centers across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey competed earlier this year in the region’s first apprenticeship contest in seven years. Sheet Metal Local 19 in Philadelphia hosted 22 apprentices from 8 locals to compete in [...]