legal & legislative/legal rights
Legal Rights

ABC believes that employers have the right and the responsibility to manage their firms free from coercion, restrictive work rules, jurisdictional disputes, secondary boycotts, or artificial restraints of any kind.

ABC believes in the free enterprise system and works diligently to protect members’ rights so that contractors can be selected on the basis of their qualifications and price, without regard to their labor relations policy.

ABC Keystone provides tools to help you handle the current legal climate affecting the free enterprise construction industry in Pennsylvania.

Attorney Referral Service
As an ABC member, you’re entitled to free legal consultation with an attorney who is an expert in the construction and labor arena. The attorney can outline steps you can take to begin to resolve your issue.

To take advantage of this invaluable member benefit, please e-mail Stephen Swarney.

"Ask An Attorney" Articles
Attorneys specializing in construction law and legal issues affecting the free enterprise construction industry answer questions in each monthly edition of the Merit Shop Spokesman. Articles include such issues as labor disputes, salting, construction issues, picketing, prevailing wage, etc.

Labor Climate
To help ABC members in south central Pennsylvania receive full knowledge of the free enterprise construction climate, ABC Keystone provides timely updates on all legal and labor issues that arise.

For the latest updates, click here.

Legal Defense Fund
ABC Keystone’s Legal Defense Fund program is designed to assist ABC members with legal cases where the outcome would set a precedent for the free enterprise construction industry.

To apply, an ABC member must submit an application to the Chapter’s Legal Rights Committee. Upon the committee’s recommendation, it would proceed to the Board of Directors for final determination.

For more information, e-mail Stephen Swarney.