On behalf of the 400 members of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) I am writing to take the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor’s (the Department), Wage and Hour Division’s proposed rule “Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.”  NSSGA represents aggregates producers and those who manufacture equipment and services that support the construction industry.

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (“NSSGA”) submits these written comments to the Surface Transportation Board (“STB” or “Board”) pursuant to the November 22, 2022, Notice from the STB in the proceeding referenced above, which permits interested stakeholders to submit testimony or comments on the issues raised in the November 22, 2022, Notice in this matter. NSSGA is the leading voice and advocate for the aggregates industry. Our members are stone, sand, and gravel producers and the equipment manufacturers and service providers who support them.

The undersigned associations, businesses and stakeholders submit these comments to the Department of Labor (“DOL”) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments Regarding Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) (the “Proposed Rule”).1  The current DOL rule regarding independent contractor classification, which went into effect on March 8, 2021 (the “2021 IC Rule”)2 provides badly needed clarity, uniformity, and simplicity to the independent contractor analysis and accounts for the realities of the modern workp

The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (“Coalition”) responds to the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on “Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status.”  This proposed rule has problems – a lot of problems.  Respectfully, the Board should start over or leave the current standard in place. The proposed rule purports to be grounded in common law agency principles but instead presents an illdefined standard for joint employer liability that sinks to the level of an arbitrary and capricious agency action.

ALEXANDRIA, VA - The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's President and CEO Michael Johnson issued the following statement supporting the nomination of Shailen Bhatt’s to lead the Federal Highway Administration. NSSGA previously shared this letter of support with the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ahead of their vote. 

We the below signed members of the Americans for Transportation Mobility write in support of the two Waivers to the Buy America Requirements for Construction Materials. The new requirements created by the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) introduce significant changes to existing Buy America requirements that require additional analysis and guidance from the Administration to implement.

The diverse coalition of undersigned associations and organizations representing the interests of tens of thousands of companies and millions of skilled employees in the U.S. construction industry, as well as organizations representing the interests of thousands of companies developing and building clean energy projects across America, hereby submits the following request for an extension of the public comment period by 60 days to the U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service in response to the above-referenced notice and agency request for comments published on Oct.

The diverse coalition of undersigned associations and organizations representing the interests of tens of thousands of companies and millions of skilled employees in the U.S. construction industry write to express strong opposition to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s proposed rule implementing President Biden’s Executive Order 14063 requiring controversial and inflationary project labor agreements on federal construction contracts of $35 million or more in total value.

The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association appreciates the opportunity to provide this comment to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Docket No. FHWA-2021-0004, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding National Performance Management; Assessing Performance of National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure. Stone, sand, and gravel are essential resources for developing any type of infrastructure and are key to producing renewable energy sources and sustainable public works.

The National Sand, Stone and Gravel Association (NSSGA) is the leading voice and advocate for the aggregates industry. We are committed to fulfilling the critical role the aggregates industry will play in providing billions of tons of aggregates the necessary to achieve the IIJA’s goals. The NSSGA submits this comment in response the Department of Transportation (DOT) Request for Information (RFI) Docket No.