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November 25, 2025 – Today, Massachusetts Building Trades Unions (MBTU) President Frank Callahan issued the following statement: Two weeks ago, 20-year-old welder Amber Czech was brutally murdered [...]

Thanks to the collaboration of government officials, labor unions, and community groups, the Curtis Apartments will be redeveloped with 100% union labor. The project will add 157 additional units [...]

Massachusetts Building Trades Unions, the Commonwealth’s largest construction organization representing the interests of over 75,000 union building trades workers, has re-elected President Frank [...]

Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal has come to Massachusetts. Here’s how local leaders can partner with labor to make the most of it.  By Frank Callahan When President Biden signed [...]

Life-Changing Program Provides Crucial Career Pipeline into Union Construction Trades for Commonwealth’s Bravest Hundreds of Returning Vets and Their Families Benefit from [...]

This week the Massachusetts Building Trades Recovery Council (MBTRC) joined the U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and members of or a  discussion on [...]

Brothers and Sisters, The Massachusetts Building Trades 104th Annual Convention will be taking place on March 13th and 14th at MGM Springfield. Save the date!

Our veterans have served our country and gained valuable skills in the process. They deserve good-paying, quality careers as they come back into the workforce. That’s why Massachusetts [...]

Americans want unions, it’s companies that don’t   In a recent column, Jeff Jacoby claims that Americans don’t want to join labor unions despite a 71 percent approval rating, a [...]

Join us on September 10 for MBTU’s Helmets to Hardhats 2022 motorcycle ride! To join, it’s $20 per bike and $10 per person. Proceeds support Helmets to Hardhats in their mission to [...]