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 [...]
Today, Massachusetts Building Trades Unions (MBTU) announced its endorsement of Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll for Lieutenant Governor. The organization represents over 75,000 union construction [...]
Today, Massachusetts Building Trades Unions (MBTU) announced their endorsement of Shannon Liss-Riordan for Attorney General. The organization represents over 75,000 union construction workers [...]
Wage theft is a major problem in Massachusetts, resulting in nearly $1 billion being stolen from workers annually through non-payment of wages; payments below the minimum or promised wage; [...]
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 [...]
Biden Administration Approves Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm The Vineyard Wind project, off the coast of Massachusetts, would generate enough electricity to power 400,000 homes. By Lisa [...]
The Massachusetts Building Trades Council is proud to stand with RaiseUP Massachusetts in defending the fair share amendment. Wealthy corporate executives and their lobbyists have filed a legal [...]
In three bi-partisan votes of 173-240 NABTU defeated efforts by Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) to slash the wages of America’s building trades workers on publicly funded projects. 54 [...]