OSHA publishes final rule on cranes and derricks in construction

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it is issuing a new rule addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction, which will replace a decades-old standard. Approximately 267,000 construction, crane rental and crane certification establishments employing about 4.8 million workers will be affected by the rule published today.

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CDW Message Regarding Recent Conway Statement

CDW Members………..

Just wanted to pass along this timely reminder that the supporters of EFCA have not given up in their efforts to force card-check and mandatory binding arbitration upon our nation’s job creators.

Please see the below comments by Jack Conway, a nominee for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky:

Jack Conway reinforced his desire to “make it as easy as we can” to pass card check, despite the fact that it would impede Kentucky’s workers right to a secret ballot. While he admitted that Kentucky has lost “100,000 manufacturing jobs in this state in the last decade,” Conway stood by his support for the flawed legislation, even as the interviewer pointed out that it was a “job killer.” CLICK HERE to listen to Conway’s interview.

Mr. Conway’s unequivocal support for EFCA serves notice that we cannot let up in our opposition to this onerous legislation, because Big Labor and their allies have not given up.

As Congressmen and Senators return to their districts during this long August recess period, they’re going to hear from our members companies, and countless other employers, that job creation is priority #1. Let’s make sure that part of that message continues to be the very real threat that a job-killing bill such as EFCA poses to our nation’s economy.

Thanks,

Brian

WSJ Article from 7/16

To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets

Jobless Recruits Get Minimum Wage 'To March Around and Sound Off'

WASHINGTON—Billy Raye, a 51-year-old unemployed bike courier, is looking for work.

Fortunately for him, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters is seeking paid demonstrators to march and chant in its current picket line outside the McPherson Building, an office complex here where the council says work is being done with nonunion labor.

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