ROCKVILLE, MD — The Mechanical-Electrical-Sheet Metal Construction Alliance has disputed the effectiveness of the proposed apprenticeship program evaluation procedures included in H.R. 1950, the Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2001, in comments submitted recently to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight.
The alliance is comprised of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA), National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), and Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA). Altogether it represents 12,500 member companies in over 260 local associations across the country who participate in local collective bargaining and long-standing labor/management investment in jointly administered apprenticeship and journeyman upgrade training programs nationwide.