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Your Merit Shop Views Matter!   
Get Into Politics or Get Out of Business

 

"Merit Shop" is a way of doing business in which companies reward employees based on performance and encourage them to reach their highest level of achievement, and in which contracts are awarded based on safety, quality, and value, regardless of labor affiliation.

Visit ABC of California's Website at: www.abc-cal.org

ABC is recognized as the voice of the business community for defeating union-exclusive Project Labor Agreements (PLAs).  For more information about PLAs, visit www.TheTruthAboutPLAs.com 

As an ABC member, you will gain the knowledge and representation needed to protect your company from unfair and anti-competitive political tactics. ABC's merit shop philosophy and political agenda ranks among the main reasons why companies join and remain in ABC. 

For more information about what ABC is doing to keep fair and open competition in Northern California, contact Nicole Goehring, Government Affiars Director, at (209) 482-1697 or nicole@abc-ggc.org or join the Government Action Committee (GAC). See the committee description here . The GAC meets monthly at various locations.


ABC Fresno members and guests meet with Fresno Mayor, Ashley Swearengin
 

  GAC Committee on State Legislative Day 20 10  

Back Left to Right: Steve McCutcheon, ABC GGC Board and Cook Brown, LLP;
Mark Calender, Calender-Robinson Co., Inc.; Jake Pauline, Black Diamond Electric; Matt Heavey, PCRB; Jose Radzinsky, Renewable Power Solutions; James Fitzgerald, MarketOne Builders, Inc.; Bill Stillwell, Meehleis Modular Buildings, Inc.

Front Left to Right: Kevin O'Neill, TIC; Nicole Goehring, ABC GGC GAD; Debbie Allen, ABC GGC Chair Elect and W.E. Lyons Construction

ABC members meet with Congressman Dan Lungren


Back Left to Right: Matt DeFazio, Brown Construction, Jennifer Farwell, OC Communications, Steve Ayers, Armour Steele, Kathy Kennedy, Russ Doolittle, Schedex, John Hackett, John Hackett Painting, Scott Lee, Sisler and Sisler, and Phil Stites, Bergelectric.

 

Front Left to Right: Terry Risse, Iron Mechanical, Pete Evgenikos, E.Z. Painting, Nicole Goehring, ABC Golden Gate Chapter, Congressman Dan Lungren, Dina Kimble and Bob Bell from Royal Electric.

Merit shop contractors with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson

 

Pictured from left to right: Richard Markesun, WECA; Nicole Goehring, ABC GGC; Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento; Steve Ayers, Armour Steel, Inc.; James Fitzgerald, MarketOne Builders, Inc.
 
ABC members have lunch with Assemblyman Bill Berryhill     
 
 
Standing from left to right:  Doug Barham, BC Construction; Dave Lagorio, Diede Construction, Inc.; Assemblyman Bill Berryhill; Rich Applegate, Applegate Johnston, Inc.; Dimitri Guzman and his employees, Best Electric.

Seated:  Nicole Goehring, ABC GGC Govt. Affairs Director and 
John Robinson, ABC GGC Exec. VP.
 

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