City bill would force general contractors to get licensed
Construction companies may soon face additional hurdles to work in the city. A new City Council bill would create...
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“Those who can, build. Those who can’t, criticize.” Those were the words of Robert Moses, interchangeably New York’s unelected...
LaBarbera: “Lou Coletti never saw a microphone that he didn’t like”
Union boss Gary LaBarbera fired back at Lou Coletti on Friday, saying the Building Trades Employers’ Association’s president exaggerated...
Why an influential construction trade group is now embracing nonunion hardhats
One of the city’s largest construction trade groups is starting to welcome nonunion members as the industry increasingly shifts...
Construction industry challenges Scaffold Law in state court
A long-standing state law that puts the onus of scaffolding-related construction accidents on contractors is being challenged in court,...
Crane operators may strike Thursday, halting $10 billion worth of construction
Ten billion dollars worth of construction may grind to a halt this week if unionized crane-operating engineers decide to...
Builders threaten to hire non-union workers
New York’s building contractors have voted to end a more than century-old pact to use only union labor on construction sites as a June 30 deadline nears for building trades contract negotiations in the...
Painters’ union strikes four-year deal with construction industry association
A recent deal struck between DC9 International Union of Painters and Allied Traders, representing 4,000 painters in the New...
Advocacy group appeals to union workers to make concessions
Regional Plan Association, a prominent civic advocacy group, is supporting builders and real estate executives in appealing for concessions...