LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS

FCA supports comprehensive reform that makes the necessary tools available to trustees to ensure the long-term viability of multi-employer plans and their contributing employers alike. FCA has been unwavering in their support for hybrid tools like Composite Plan Design. FCA has never supported a tax-payer funded bailout.

FCA continues support for prevailing wage provisions in current law and in innovative financing options being enacted by Congress such as P3s. As workers have migrated away from union jobs, so have the lawmakers’ understanding of the union construction industry. Prevailing wage jobs have been proven time and time again to not cost the taxpayer more. We oppose the repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act.

FCA supports tightening laws to stop misclassification of employees as independent contractors and close loopholes for tax avoidance/payroll fraud. Avoiding paying payroll taxes on employees amounts to an unfair trade practice and undercuts FCA member’s efforts to pay living wages and benefits.

FCA believes the Federal government agencies and contracting officers should have the same construction management tools for on-time, on-budget and quality construction as building owners in the private sector. Congress should continue to allow federal owners the option of utilizing Project Labor Agreements where appropriate on federal construction projects and should oppose any effort to prohibit agencies from using them.

FCA believes the practice of bid shopping should be curtailed at the federal government level by requiring prime contractors to list their subcontractors when submitting their bid proposals.

We support a robust, well-funded, comprehensive infrastructure funding bill, the streamlining of the project permitting process, and oppose efforts to arbitrarily cut the federal construction accounts.