Pictured above: ABC Members at the 2008 FL Legislative Conference.
Below are some of ABC National's priority issues:
ABC and its member companies face shortages of craft professionals and legal laborers who have extreme difficulty in becoming citizens or obtaining the necessary work permits.
ABC strongly opposes union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects. These agreements not only exclude open shop contractors from bidding on projects paid for by their own tax dollars, but also drive up the cost of construction by reducing competition for the work.
ABC Strongly Supports Legislation Preserving Secret Ballot Protections.
ABC strongly supports extending ERISA preemption currently available for larger, self-insured corporate plans and Taft-Hartley union plans, to bona fide associations and professional societies for small businesses in the fully insured market through Small Business Health Plans.