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Last updated 08/17/2010 - 11:25am

Teamsters On Strike Against Aggregate Industries

08/17/2010 - 11:25am

Attached is a list of worksite locations.

Plaudits for PLAs

08/17/2010 - 8:28am

See LTE in August 17th Boston Herald by Robert Haynes, President Mass. AFL-CIO

08/13/2010 - 12:25pm

Private Right of Action Act and "Prompt Pay" Act signed into law

08/10/2010 - 3:56pm

If the leaders on Beacon Hill hope to regain any of the voters' confidence, they should get back to work. Summer vacations and re-election campaigns can wait until the job is done.

UMass Pact Is Target Of Complaint

08/10/2010 - 3:49pm

Governor Patrick has strongly supported the union-only work agreement, drawing sharp criticism from his Republican challenger, Charles D. Baker. Patrick contends that requiring union labor will guarantee a higher quality workforce.

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Last updated 08/30/2010 - 9:31am

It's the Height of Audacity to Claim a Skilled Worker "Shortage" When 20% of American Skilled Craft Workers are Unemployed

08/30/2010 - 9:31am

See article in the August 27th Huffington Post by President Mark Ayers, Building and Construction Trades Department.

08/17/2010 - 8:46am

The Laborers' International Union has agreed to rejoin the AFL-CIO, sparking hopes that a once-splintered labor movement is moving closer to reuniting under a single umbrella.

08/04/2010 - 3:12pm

August 4, 2010 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washingotn D.C.

Non-Union Dues Costly

07/26/2010 - 10:50am

See Letter to Editor by Jay Hurley, President, Iron Workers District Council of NE, in July 26th Boston Herald.

07/23/2010 - 12:42pm

This country was designed by people who worked with their hands. Now we’re a country of white-collar snobs with an underdeveloped understanding of how things work. It makes no sense.

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