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Wellness is for builders, not just for buildings

BD+C

As an industry, we have done an excellent job at emphasizing and improving site safety so that everyone goes home safe every day. But what about going home healthy? .

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Project Labor Agreements (PLAs): What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

A project labor agreement, or PLA, is a prehire collective bargaining agreement that sets the wages and benefits for all workers on a project. Health and safety. The agreement may provide guidance on health and safety requirements specific to the project and the work to be performed. What is a project labor agreement?

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Non-union employees may have union rep accompany OSHA inspector

FDR Safety

21, 2013, was in response to a request from Steve Sallman, a health and safety specialist with the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union. As noted in an article by the Constangy Brooks & Smith law firm, the letter is provoking a backlash from employers.

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Tocci Building Companies Enters Partnership with NERCC

Construction Superintendent Magazine

. -- Tocci Building Companies has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with The New England Regional Council of Carpenters. The agreement represents a mutual understanding of the demand for enhanced technology in the evolving building, design and construction industries, along with superior levels of safety training and practices.

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SEIU uses new opening to go along on OSHA inspections

FDR Safety

The letter also said that employees in a workplace without a collective bargaining agreement may designate a union-affiliated individual to act as their personal representative.

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How To Choose The Right Roofing Material For Your Home

Construction Marketing

One of the reasons is that these individuals have better safety training. Apart from that, you can bargain with roofing materials sellers for discounts. This will provide you with more knowledge about installing roofs while looking for competitive roofing contractors. Durability .

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Do the laws of math apply in Washington?

FDR Safety

Therefore, a person affiliated with a union without a collective bargaining agreement or with a community representative can act on behalf of employees as a walk-around representative so long as the individual has been authorized by the employees to serve as their representative.”. 29 U.S.C. §