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Merit Messenger 2008 Issues Date Format Highlights 07/01/08 PDF Format Empire State ABC Takes Active Role in Construction Career Day Events in Upstate New York (PDF Format) 05/30/08 PDF Format Albany Update (Word Format) 04/23/08 PDF Format ABC Calls on State Legislature to Reform Wicks Law Reform in Budget (PDF Format) 03/28/08 PDF Format Albany Update (PDF Format) 03/20/08 PDF Format ABC Celebrates Huge PLA Victory (PDF Format) 02/28/08 PDF Format ABC Launches Green Building Resource Webpage (PDF Format) 02/08/08 PDF Format Albany Update (PDF Format) 01/20/08 PDF Format Illegal But Protected - Federal Appeals Court says undocumented aliens enjoy employee status under the National Labor Relations Act (PDF Format) 2007 Issues Date Format Highlights 12/20/07 PDF Format Employers Must Begin Using Revised I-9 Forms by December 26, 2007 (PDF Format) 11/19/07 PDF Format November 2007 Election Results (PDF Format) 11/05/07 PDF Format Vote November 6th (PDF Format) 10/23/07 PDF Format NY Senate Returns to Session – NO ACTION IS TAKEN ON WICKS LAW REFORM (PDF Format) 10/10/07 PDF Format ConsensusDOCS is now open for business (PDF Format) 09/18/07 PDF Format Governor Signs Two Prevailing Wage Bills into Law (PDF Format) 09/11/07 PDF Format Remembering 911 and the War in Iraq (PDF Format) 08/28/07 PDF Format ABC & CTCNYS Announce Fall 2007 Craft & Apprentice Training Courses (PDF Format) 08/07/07 PDF Format ABC Institute for Leadership & Professional Development (PDF Format) 07/18/07 PDF Format Jail Probe Focuses on Project Labor Agreement (PLA) in Kingston (PDF Format) 07/05/07 PDF Format ABC Launches Petition Campaign on Wicks Law Reform (PDF Format) 06/18/07 PDF Format ABC’s 2007 Legislative Conference Features President Bush and VIPs (PDF Format) 06/08/07 PDF Format As the NYS Legislative Session Winds Down, the Heat is ON... (PDF Format) 05/15/07 PDF Format Inside Albany – A Legislative Review (PDF Format) 05/01/07 PDF Format ABC Calls on Congress in Support of Health Insurance Reform and Protection of Private Ballot Elections (PDF Format) 04/10/07 PDF Format ABC Legislative Conference (PDF Format) 03/07/07 PDF Format House Passes "Employee Free Choice Act", Next Step - U.S. Senate (PDF Format) 02/16/07 PDF Format ABC Achieves Membership Growth, Nationwide, in 2006 Empire State Chapter Faces Membership Challenges (PDF Format) 01/25/07 PDF Format Top Three Tax Issues for Contractors in 2007 (PDF Format) 01/15/07 PDF Format Empire State Chapter Establishes Memorial Fund for John Nerney (PDF Format) 2006 Issues Date Format Highlights 12/29/06 PDF Format Central New York Edition (PDF Format) 12/29/06 PDF Format Eastern New York Edition (PDF Format) 12/29/06 PDF Format Long Island/Metro Edition (PDF Format) 12/29/06 PDF Format Rochester Edition (PDF Format) 12/29/06 PDF Format Western New York Edition (PDF Format) 12/20/06 PDF Format Have You Seen The New ABC Training Course Catalog? (PDF Format) 11/22/06 PDF Format Empire State ABC Launches Member T-shirt Program (PDF Format) 11/14/06 PDF Format Mid-Term Elections Bring Mixed Results for ABC Endorsed Candidates (PDF Format) 10/27/06 PDF Format NLRB Ruling Defines 'Supervisor' for Union Organizing (PDF Format) 2006 PDF Format 2006 Rochester Update 10/06/06 PDF Format Suffolk County Legislature Approves Appropriations Bill for Construction of HVAC/R Training Facility - Despite Union Protests (PDF Format) 9/25/06 PDF Format New GM Discounts Announced for ABC Members (PDF Format) 9/08/06 PDF Format Syracuse ABC Members Launch the "PUT FREEDOM TO WORK CAMPAIGN" (PDF Format) 8/08/06 PDF Format ABC Members Secure Governor Vetoes on Bills (PDF Format) 7/25/06 PDF Format 2006 Legislative Update Summary (PDF Format) 7/10/06 PDF Format ‘New Horizons’ Apprentice Training Center in Jamaica (PDF Format) 6/23/06 PDF Format The Empire State Chapter of ABC Officially Endorses John Faso for Governor of New York State (PDF Format) 6/16/06 PDF Format Senator John McCain Addresses ABC’s 2006 Legislative Conference (PDF Format) 6/02/06 PDF Format ABC ‘Turns the Table’ on the Unions by using the ‘CAT’ to Announce Petition Drive Against Apprenticeship Ordinance (PDF Format) 5/19/06 PDF Format Update on Annualization Regulation (PDF Format) 4/28/06 PDF Format ABC and SHELL Business Partnership Offers ABC Members Some Relief at the Gas Pumps! (PDF Format) 4/14/06 PDF Format ABC Legislative Conference (PDF Format) 3/31/06 PDF Format ABC Scores Huge Victory in Securing Apprenticeship ‘VETO’ in Buffalo Region (PDF Format) 3/17/06 PDF Format New NYSDOL Asbestos Rule (PDF Format) 3/06/06 PDF Format ABC – A Strategy for 2006 and Beyond! (PDF Format) 2/17/06 PDF Format Empire State ABC Member Celebrates HUGE NLRB Victory (PDF Format) 1/23/06 PDF Format The 2006 Construction Overview (PDF Format) 1/6/06 PDF Format ABC is a member-driven organization. (PDF Format) 2005 Issues Date Format Highlights 12/16/05 PDF Format ABC/NCCER Spring 2006 Craft & Apprentice Courses Announced (PDF Format) 12/02/05 PDF Format ABC Empire State...More Members...More Clout (PDF Format) 11/18/05 PDF Format ABC Celebrates Veteran's Day with the Launch of Employment Website for Veterans! (PDF Format) 11/04/05 PDF Format 2005 ABC Institute Conference - A Huge Success! (PDF Format) 10/21/05 PDF Format Senate Bill 5410 Vetoed! (PDF Format) 10/07/05 PDF Format ABC National Convention - Mark Your Calendars Now! (PDF Format) 09/23/05 PDF Format Hurricane Katrina - A Massive Relief Effort Underway (PDF Format) 09/09/05 PDF Format ABC Celebrates Two Important Gubernatorial Vetoes? (PDF Format) 08/26/05 MS Word Apprenticeship Requirements On Private Work? (MS Word) Apprenticeship Requirements On Private Work? (PDF Format) 08/05/05 MS Word ABC Scores Major Victory with Gubernatorial Veto 07/15/05 MS Word ABC Member Benefit of the Month 06/30/05 MS Word The New York State Legislature has adjourned for the 2005 session, passing more than 2000 bills. 06/10/05 MS Word President George W. Bush Addresses ABC National Legislative Conference 05/20/05 MS Word New York State Court of Appeals Unanimously Rules in Favor of NYSDOL on Annualization 05/20/05 PDF New York State Court of Appeals Unanimously Rules in Favor of NYSDOL on Annualization 04/29/05 MS Word ABC National Legislative Conference Just Around the Corner – Are You Registered?? 04/29/05 PDF ABC National Legislative Conference Just Around the Corner – Are You Registered?? 03/25/05 MS Word NYS Court of Appeals Schedules Annualization Oral Arguments 03/18/05 MS Word ABC Meets with DOL on Annualization Issue 01/20/05 MS Word Governor Pataki Proposes $105.5 Billion State Budget 01/04/05 MS Word Recent Court of Appeals Decision Denies Damages under 240/241 to Recalcitrant Worker DEDICATED TO SERVING NEW YORK'S MERIT CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY SINCE 1971 © 2005-2008 Associated Builders and Contractors, Empire State Chapter All rights reserved.