BSCAI Issues Letter to Biden Administration

On January 25, 2021, BSCAI wrote to President Biden as a formal introduction to the association and the critical role cleaning contractors play to the workforce and the economy as the U.S. continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the letter, BSCAI outlined several key policy recommendations that the Government Affairs and Advocy Committee has been monitoring that will support and strengthen our industry, along with public health and the broader U.S. economy. These issues cover everything from unemployment benefits to immigration reform, and BSCAI offered to support and assist President Biden with their implementation and development.

The full list of policies includes:

• Continue to Designate the Cleaning Industry as Essential
• Protect Employers from Unwarranted Lawsuits
• Continue to Make the Paycheck Protection Program Workable for Cleaners
• Strike an Appropriate Balance for Supplemental Unemployment Benefits
• Implement Comprehensive Immigration Reforms
• Ensure America’s Tax Provisions are Workable for All
• Maintain Existing OSHA Enforcement Efforts on COVID-19

BSCAI plans to stay in contact with President Biden’s Administration on these and other priorities as needed in an ongoing effort to strengthen the building service contracting industry.  For updates on this and all Government Relations activities, watch the Government Affairs section of BSCAI’s Contractor Connections.  If you would like to participate in the BSCAI Government Affairs & Advocacy committee, contact Kevin McKenney, BSCAI’s Director of Government Affaris at KMcKenney@bscai.org.

To read the letter to Presdient Biden in full, click here.