Totals pulled down by loss of 11,800 jobs in nonresidential specialty trade firms.

Building trades strongly support the bill, but contractor groups vociferously oppose it.

Specialty trade contractors saw the greatest job losses while the industry jobless rate worsened on monthly, year-over-year measures.

Unions praise bill, contractor groups say it puts training programs not affiliated with unions at a disadvantage.

Industry's 1,061 construction fatalities in 2019 is the highest number since 2007, BLS says.

Industry's workforce remains at 294,000, or 3.8%, below February's pre-pandemic level.

Most of the monthly job gains were concentrated in nonresidential construction.