News from PCCA
PCCA Journal - 2024 Q3
The latest edition of the PCCA Journal is in the mail but you can avoid the wait by reading it online.
Featured in this issue: PCCA Mid-Year Meeting Review; LAC Plus TIRAP: The Perfect Way to Address Your Worker Shortage; FCC Commissioner Carr Slams BEAD Program’s “Progress” and more.
The PCCA Journal is portable and optimized for reading on your phone or tablet.
Workforce Development Partnership
A new partnership with the Learning Alliance Corporation will allow PCCA member companies to grow their workforce to help meet the growing demand for a trained broadband workforce. Scan the QR code to begin!
New Research Details Critical Broadband Construction Workforce Needs
A new national study, Broadband Market Workforce Needs, found that the unprecedented injection of federal and state funding into the broadband market is a disruptive force requiring an extraordinary volume of engineering and construction activity that the market is not prepared to support and will result in broadband deployment delays.
Announced by the Power & Communication Contractors Association (PCCA) and the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), the study was conducted by Continuum Capital, an independent consulting firm, and includes a state-by-state breakdown of broadband funding, workforce numbers, and wage rates.
PCCA 2024 Mid-Year Meeting Presentations & Photos
The presentations from the recently completed Mid-Year meeting at the Grand Traverse Resort are available under the Education menu. Photos from the meeting are also available in the Meeting Photo Gallery. (Login required to access both.) PCCA members who would like to request a password for the website can do so here.
Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Acme, Michigan
July 24 - 27, 2024 Read the Program
PCCA Voter Connection – We Need Pro-Construction Votes in November
You can tell by the deluge of ads on TV and the internet - the November elections are fast approaching, and PCCA wants to help ensure that voters elect pro-construction, pro-business, pro-America officials.
The upcoming elections – federal, state, and local – will greatly impact your life, your family, your community, and frankly, the future of our country. We need to rally pro-business, pro-America voters to make sure they are registered to vote and to get out and vote.
Click the link below to access the PCCA Voter Connection webpage where you can find out if you're already registered to vote, register to vote, request an absentee ballot, sign up for election reminders, get a sample ballot, and pledge to register if you're not yet old enough to vote.
Please share this link with everyone at your company, all your family and friends, and anyone who supports America's construction industry and our business community.
https://www.pccaweb.org/voter-connection
New PCCA Membership Directory & Buyer's Guide
The new 2024-2025 PCCA Membership Directory & Buyer's Guide (print edition) is available online.
Bookmark the link on your phone or tablet and carry PCCA wherever you are. It can also be shared by email or social media.
Fully searchable, the new directory allows you to create your own bookmarks within the publication. Please note the printed edition listings are current at time of initial publication. For the most up-to-date listings search our online member directory.
PCCA Journal - 2024 Q2
The latest edition of the PCCA Journal is in the mail but you can avoid the wait by reading it online.
Featured in this issue: The PCCA Foundation Announces 2024-25 Scholarship Winners; PCCA Fights for Tax Relief Bill in Senate; Considering Final Rules on Overtime Pay & Non-compete Clauses and more.
The PCCA Journal is portable and optimized for reading on your phone or tablet.
PCCA 2024 Mid-Year Meeting
Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Acme, Michigan
July 24 - 27, 2024
Industry Education • Premium Networking • Great Times!
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PCCA Opposes FCC Overreach on Broadband
The Power & Communications Contractors Association (PCCA), along with the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) and the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE), has filed a Petition for Review against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding its Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination Order. This lawsuit joins several others challenging the FCC’s rule, which seeks to ensure “historically unserved and underserved communities throughout the nation have equal opportunity to receive high-speed broadband service comparable to that received by others." While intended to expand access to high-speed internet, this rule will only discourage businesses from participating in any federal initiative to close the digital divide.
Advocacy in Action: PCCA’s Push for Tax Relief Act in the Senate
On the evening of January 31, during PCCA's legislative fly-in to Capitol Hill, our members witnessed firsthand the impact of their advocacy for the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024) when it passed the House. Despite the overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the Senate presents new challenges with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressing reservations.
PCCA Welcomes Waivers to the Buy America Build America Act
As a national trade association representing top broadband and power contractors and manufacturers, the Power & Communications Contractors Association (PCCA) recognizes the need to balance the objectives of domestic manufacturing with the practical needs of our industry's mission to provide broadband to all Americans. Accordingly, we strongly support the introduction of the Buy America Build America (BABA) waivers by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in February.
PCCA Advocates for Congressional Action Against DOL's Independent Contractor Classification Rule
The Power and Communications Contractors of America (PCCA), alongside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and numerous other business advocacy organizations, signed a letter in support of Congressional Review Acts (CRA) H.J. Res 98 and/or S.J. Res 49. These CRAs would nullify the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) problematic Final Rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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