In Houston, ABC National President Mike Bellaman Encourages Craft Professionals to Author Their Own Future

Craft professionals in construction have the “gift of choice” and the chance to be the author of their own future. That was the main message from Mike Bellaman, President and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors, as he spoke to students graduating from the Workforce Development Program at MAREK this year.

Industry-Provided Apprenticeship Programs Critical to the Future

With less than two weeks to go before the comment period for the new proposed Department of Labor (DOL) rule on Registered Apprenticeship Programs, or RAPs, will be over, it appears that the construction industry organizations have gotten the proverbial “short end of the stick” from a union-backed exemption that excludes construction Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs, or IRAPs, from the new list of approved industries.
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