Tell the Department of Labor you support the construction industry’s exclusion from IRAPs

The Department of Labor has introduced draft language for regulations on expanding apprenticeships, including expanding Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs). IRAPs are a direct threat to our Registered Insulators Union Apprenticeship program and to the entire construction industry. Currently, the regulation has an exclusion for the construction industry, but during a 60-day comment period, we must tell the Department of Labor construction apprenticeships needs to remain excluded. Read More

• Posted August 13, 2019
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Playing by the Rules: How the Construction Industry Is Navigating Government Regulations

PRESENTED BY: BUILDING TRADES EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION

The Commercial Observer recently hosted Lou Coletti, President and CEO of the Building Trades Employers’ Association (BTEA), and Denise Richardson, Executive Director of the General Contractors Association of Greater New York, for a discussion about the effect of government regulations on construction projects in New York City. Here is an overview of that discussion.

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• Posted December 12, 2018
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