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Surprise site safety visits drop to record low

Construction Enquirer

The number of surprise construction site safety visits has fallen to a record low. A freedom of information request made by the Unite union discovered that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) undertook only 7,647 unannounced inspections in 2022/23 – a 2% decline on the previous year when there were 7,793 inspections.

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Suit challenges union participation in OSHA walk-arounds

FDR Safety

OSHA’s policy of allowing union representatives to accompany agency compliance officers in walk-around inspections of worksites, even if the union doesn’t represent company employees, is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The NFIB lawsuit, filed in U.S.

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WorkHands: A Social Media Site for Construction Workers

Construction Marketing

The site is styled after LinkedIn. The main purpose of the website is to better connect employers with skilled workers in the United States. After signing up on the site, users can add a profile photo and fill their profile with their experience. Work Hands Features. Profile Photos and Experience. Resume Builder.

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NLRB Says Scabby the Rat, Other Inflatables, Can Remain at Secondary Boycott Protest Sites

ENR Construction

Scabby — a giant, inflatable rat prominently displayed by unions to protest employers that hire non-union companies — banners and other secondary protests were ruled protected speech by the National Labor Relations Board last week.

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Pay deal for nuclear builders heads-off strike threat

Construction Enquirer

A pay deal on behalf of 1,000 construction workers employed on EDF’s power station sites has headed-off planned strike action. This scheme will be rolled out to all seven sites in January 2024. Unite said it will now be looking to agree similar arrangements with other employers in the construction engineering sector.

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Tennessee: Tyson Foods Expanding in Union City

Business Facilities

will invest approximately $80 million to expand operations in Union City, TN. Tyson plans to add 25,000 square feet and new production lines to its Union City plant, effectively doubling its output capabilities at the facility. Tyson’s Union City complex supplies chicken for a national foodservice customer. T yson Foods, Inc.

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Labor Development Impacting Developers, Contractors, and Landowners

Construction and Infrastructure Law

It is unlawful for unions to secondarily picket construction sites or to coercively enmesh neutral parties in the disputes that a union may have with another employer. In those decisions, the NLRB narrowed its definition of unlawful “picketing,” thereby, limiting the scope of unlawful activity prohibited by law.

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