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Vol. 55, Nos. 2710-2743 pp. 1-1158 March 5, 2009 - Nov. 5, 2009 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
BAC
– Automatic stay, offsetting debtor's benefits by pension fund contributions owed by employer violated Ch. 7 (7th Cir.), 297
– Bargaining agreements, judges continue to grant most applications for rejecting pacts despite major differences, 10 – Chapter 9, GASB seeking comments on draft guidance, 599 – Chrysler – Fiduciary breach, officer and shareholder of general contractor may not discharge debt to subcontractor after misallocating funds and failing to pay subcontractors (6th Cir.), 479 – H&M Mechanical & Elec., unpaid contributions are not plan assets, owner's personal Ch. 7 filing could discharge debt to multiemployer plans (2d Cir.), 368 – NRB Energy, court may enforce arbitration decision that firm must recalculate pension benefits after failing to use pact cap on covered earnings (N.D.N.Y.), 369
– Apprenticeship and training program, firing apprentice for falsifying work reports not arbitrary or capricious but has claim for ending participation in ERISA plan (D. Mass.), 16
– Nat'l Funds, contractor pleads guilty to conspiracy to steal funds from plan, from health benefit plan, and kickbacks to plan director while renovating office (D. Kan.), 880
– Infrastructure financing, lawmakers looking for tax incentives could consider replacing tax-exempt bond funding with tax-credit bonds, CBO report, 1120
– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 861 – N.Y., only one third of highway trust funds used on roads and bridges since 1993, remainder used to pay operational expenses and debt service on bonds, report, 1156 – Surety, contractor liable for subcontractor's unpaid contributions to benefit funds but issuer not liable (9th Cir.), 848
– Retention and daily, DOL recovers back pay for failure to include in overtime rate, 1069
– Safety, workers who earn entitled to have amount figured into regular rate for computing overtime for same pay period, DOL opinion letter, 79
– Secondary
– Failure to pay for hours worked, insulation firm accord with class of mostly Latino workers approved, undocumented workers may share in damages (C.D. Cal.), 80
– Legislative and regulatory roundup, 688
– Conspiracy to make unlawful payments, N.Y.C. street lighting electrical contractor indicted for making payoffs to IBEW Local 3 official (S.D.N.Y.), 176; union official sentenced, 433; contractor pleads guilty after union official sentenced, 767
– Labor peace, 2 more members plead guilty to conspiracy with contractors for paying union officials (D.N.J.), 207 – Money laundering, LIUNA local properly denied reinstatement to convicted former business manager (D. Haw.), 17
– Local 1, union may perform exterior insulation and finishing system work based on CBA, employer preference, past practice, and relative skills (NLRB), 761
– Local 4, strike against Tile Marble & Terrazzo ends as pact attained, 572 – Local 7
– – Marble Terrazzo and Specialty Contractors Ass'n, pact ratified, 852; takes effect, 896
– – Speedwell Design, contractor must make MEWA contributions to 2 unions where separate CBAs involved but amount in dispute (E.D.N.Y.), 184
See generally INFRASTRUCTURE
See now IRON WORKERS (IW)
See also specific agencies and departments
– Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 – HUD, DOT, and related agencies appropriations bill
See specific states
– California
– – San Diego
– – – Civic center complex, city council approves exclusive pact with developer to build, PLA with developer confirmed, 1071
– – – Hotel developer ends project, cites interference by UNITE HERE and coalition of construction unions, 973
See CALIFORNIA
– Green job grants
See GREEN JOBS
– Mass., task force to crack down on employers for wage and labor law violations collects $1.4M in first year of operation, 577 – Minn. Council, AGC attempt to jump start projects by freezing wages met with limited success, 541 – Native Constr. Careers Inst., Wind River Indian Reservation remodeling and rehabilitation will be first training project for prospective Native Am. trainees, 1022 – New York
See NEW YORK
– NW Reg'l Council of the Nat'l Constr. Alliance II, UBC Reg'l council and 3 IUOE locals separate from state BCTD to establish conduit for relationship with signatory contractors, cut strikes, and maximize leverage on pay and benefits, 808 – Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratory, suit FOR prevailing wages on DOE public-private project moot but hearing against DOL for refusal to make determination set (D.D.C.), 43; 5 claims dismissed as moot, delay granted for settlement talks, 175; second extension to continue settlement talks, 403; DOE gives OSHA authority over safety and health at fire station and water treatment plant, 810 – Oil and natural gas, API, BCTD, and 15 unions announce formation of panel to increase domestic production, 528 – 2009 enforcement, annual legislative conference, 397 – UBC reunification
See CARPENTERS (UBC)
– Parksite Grp., material supplier that took over Conn. distribution center was successor, refusal to hire IBEW members was ULP (NLRB), 1029
– Coastal Security, no abuse of discretion where NECA-IBEW pension plan suspended benefits of participant who did electrical work in same geographic area (C.D. Cal.), 1061
– Water Works Cleaning Serv., owner charged with workers' compensation fraud for forging insurance certificate, 944
– Negligence, owner and lessee claims that materials to build safe scaffold provided improperly shifts burden of ensuring safety to worker (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div.), 636
See specific bureaus
See MASS TRANSIT
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