The Building and Construction Trades Dept. of the AFL-CIO has once again issued another of its politically motivated attacks on Associated Builders and Contractors, its chapters and member companies. BCTD claims in the article “Union Groups Lob Volatile Accusation at 22 ABC Chapters” to have “uncovered” certain “tax discrepancies” in reports filed by a few ABC chapters for their tax treatment of insurance-related income (ENR 6/14 p. 7).
The attack is both distorted and misleading. Our preliminary research into the allegations shows the union has maligned a select number of ABC chapters without legal or factual basis. In particular, the BCTD report fails to take
into account wide variations among ABC chapters’ insurance activities and the individualized nature of the income reported on each chapter’s tax documents.