Events

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 [...]

Dear Brothers and Sisters: The Massachusetts Building Trades Council will hold its 103rd Annual Convention at the MGM Springfield, March 14-16, 2022. Please view the full Call to Convention here. [...]

Helmets to Hardhats veterans career pathway program receives $40,000 donation Amy Phillips | Nov 10, 2021 | 08:18 AM EST Dive Brief: BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts building trades unions and union [...]

Labor Secretary Walsh helps launch addiction recovery program for construction workers Julie Strupp | October 7, 2021 Dive Brief: Labor Secretary Marty Walsh joined the Massachusetts Building [...]

Massachusetts Group Seeks to End Stigma of Addiction in Building Trades Phil Paleologos | October 4, 2021 Just recently, I read one of the most promising news stories about the launch of the [...]

Building Trades Launch Addiction Recovery Council Katie Lannan | 9/29/21 11:44 AM   SEPT. 29, 2021…..Derek Briere lives in and manages a 12-step sober house for men. In the spring of [...]

Vineyard Wind project ends the fight between labor and environmentalists Future tax incentives for green energy should include support for union workers. By Edward J. Markey and Frank Callahan [...]

Pols Celebrate Union Labor For Wind Project “This Is A Big Effing Deal,” House Energy Chair Roy Says Colin A. Young | 7/16/21 4:33 PM   NEW BEDFORD, MASS., JULY 16, [...]

Vineyard Wind Promises Hundreds Of Union Jobs To Mass. Workers Miriam Wasser | 7/16/21 Vineyard Wind has signed a labor agreement promising 500 jobs to union workers in Massachusetts, as the [...]