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AGC considers suit over new hiring goals for vets, disabled

Oct. 18, 2013

The Associated General Contractors of America and the HR Policy Association are reportedly considering taking legal action over the Labor Department's new hiring goals for veterans and disabled people.

“The administration's decision to finalize two new oppressive employment regulations for federal contractors forces us to object to measures whose goals we support and objectives our members already meet,” said AGC CEO Stephen Sandherr.

(http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2013/10/14/some-federal-contractors-balking-new-employment-rules)

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