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By Erin Tiernan April 6, 2020 Coronavirus concerns prompt second construction union to walk off Massachusetts jobs Nearly 17,000 carpenters and painters are refusing to work at Massachusetts [...]

On Labor Day, it’s common to take stock of the latest employment and job creation data. Equally important is asking what kind of jobs are being created. Not all jobs are created equal. Not all [...]

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 [...]

While craft workers remain in short supply in most of the U.S., wage hikes are steady but not skyrocketing, based on recent industry-wide surveys. State building-trades chief Frank Callahan says [...]