By: Matthew Linder, Fuel Sales Representative, H.B. McClure Company, and ABC Keystone YP Committee Member As a homeowner, you have a tough task. Everyone wants a home of their dreams.
Sheet Metal Instructor Matt Zook and the Sheet Metal apprenticeship classes are taking full advantage of the newly renovated mezzanine area in the skills lab at ABC’s Keystone Center for
By: G. David Sload, President-CEO, ABC Keystone Americans are ready to rebuild our neglected infrastructure – schools, highways, bridges, dams, public transit. But we also can’t neglect the big challenge
By Kevin B. Keith, Director of Safety Services, ABC Keystone Reviewing injury and illness logs is a fantastic way to focus in on and identify safety issues. The OSHA 300
By, Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs After a full year of President Donald Trump in office, most critics agree that it’s hard to deny the effect of business experience
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs The Senate Labor & Industry Committee, chaired by Sen. Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland), advanced a bill that could have a drastic effect on the
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs Project Labor Agreements, or pre-hire collective bargaining agreements that mandate the use of union-only labor, have been around for decades, but lately, there’s
ABC Apprenticeship Carpentry 4 class recently covered the Advanced Stair Systems module from the NCCER curriculum. Instructor Tom Fasnacht had the students in the lab doing their hands-on performance profile
This week, Governor Tom Wolf announced his plans to follow up on an expired plan by the Obama administration in 2016 to extend mandatory overtime pay to salaried employees. Currently,
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs With a year’s worth of stalled policy, gridlock, and uncertainty over the ultimate result of last year’s tax reform bill, Congressional Republicans are
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that public polls mean very little when it comes to the minds of voters. Despite 99% of
By: Donna J. Shoff, Immediate Past Chair of the Board; President, H.L.Wiker, Inc. The saying “time flies when you’re having fun” definitely applies to me this year. Regardless of our
By: Kristi Pronovost, Director of Marketing & Communications, ABC Keystone “In a field that is constantly evolving, so must we. My goal is to always be striving to be better
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs Despite stumbles throughout the year, Congress looks set to deliver on one of President Donald Trump’s biggest campaign promises – a significant overhaul
By: Brent Sailhamer, Director of Government Affairs The House concluded the first half of the 2017-2018 legislative session this week with a flurry of bills that were championed by some
