New COVID-19 Safety Rules May Boost Union Leverage
Thank You! Law360 (March 3, 2021, 4:06 PM EST) Concerns about workplace safety may give unions a foothold for organizing new shops and provide existing units more leverage and more cause to strike if businesses don t follow heightened rules for protecting workers from COVID-19, attorneys say.
Not only can the perception that employers are dropping the ball drive workers to unions or enable them to bring public pressure to support their demands, but the failure to mitigate serious hazards may empower workers to strike, even if their contracts otherwise block work stoppages.
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National BIM Program Is Topic of Building Industry Executive Roundtable
Industry leaders convened to discuss the need for a National Building Information Management Program to advance collaboration and innovation in the building industry.
February 11, 2021
National Institute of Building Sciences
The National Institute of Building Sciences brought together nearly 40 leaders from public and private organizations to discuss the need for a coordinated program to advance collaboration and innovation in the building industry.
The Building Information Management (BIM) Executive Roundtable included partners from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. General Services Administration and U.S. Federal Highway Administration, along with private sector partners from Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, Bentley, Epic, ESRI, HDR, Kieran-Timberlake and WSP. The objective was to start working on the common chall