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September Is Suicide Prevention Month
APCA members support OSHA's efforts to raise awareness during Suicide Prevention Month throughout September. Please watch and share this message from Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling about the importance of suicide prevention and how the U.S. Department of Labor is supporting mental wellness at work.
APCA Weighs in on Unfeasible Warehouse Legislation
APCA strongly opposes recently reintroduced the Warehouse Worker Protection Act and joined 45 other industry organizations in sending a letter to Congress outlining the serious consequences it would have on our members and the broader economy. While we share the priority of protecting workers, the proposed bill would "impose long-discarded and unworkable regulations on warehouse distribution centers, curtail employers’ due process rights when challenging OSHA citations, and hamstring a critical part of our national supply chain."
APCA Presses Congress for a Prompt Permitting Fix
America’s permitting system is broken. That's why APCA and 500+ organizations from every U.S. state joined a U.S. Chamber of Commerce coalition letter September 3 calling on Congress to enact meaningful legislation to modernize America’s permitting process.
Expect Congress to hold hearings and introduce legislation as federal agencies examine NEPA reform regulations in accordance with President Trump’s White House policy directives on permitting reform.
If you have any real-world permitting horror stories/feedback, please send them to Ben Brubeck and Jaime Steve so we can incorporate them into our advocacy messaging and efforts.
Read the letter here: https://www.uschamber.com/energy/letter-to-congress-on-comprehensive-permitting-reform
APCA Offers Comments Ahead of Workforce Pell Grant Rulemaking
On August 27, a comment letter was submitted on behalf of APCA to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its request for feedback concerning a forthcoming Workforce Pell Grant program rulemaking, which will be negotiated by the Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-driven Workforce Pell (AHEAD) Committee. The letter makes suggestions to ensure that the Workforce Pell Grant program and the AHEAD Committee’s negotiated rulemaking result in the creation of more high-quality and employer-aligned programs and an increase in the enrollment of learners and workers in apprenticeship, career and technical education, and other programs that provide completers with new skills to sustain America’s 21st century economy.
APCA Endorses IPC Recommendations for State 811 Laws
On August 11 (811 Day), the Infrastructure Protection Coalition (IPC) announced 13 recommendations for states to incorporate into their 811/one-call laws. States implementing these recommendations can significantly reduce wasted time and inefficiency and reduce damages, improve public safety, mitigate risk, and achieve meaningful cost savings.
Tell President Trump to Reverse Course and End Project Labor Agreement Mandates
Last month, the Trump White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo (M-25-29) indicating it will continue former President Joe Biden’s controversial policy mandating anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more, implemented by Biden’s Executive Order 14063 and a related FAR regulation.
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Almost 8 out of every 10 U.S. construction trades workers building domestic pipeline construction projects do not belong to a union, according to a Continuum Capital report.
