Gov. Maura Healey along with Massachusetts labor and energy leaders celebrated the completion of the country’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project, which concluded construction in March. She touted its benefits while shrugging off the wind development company’s recent financial disputes that have made headlines and threatened the project.
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Political Notebook: Teamsters throw new wrench into election
When a union declines to issue an endorsement at the national level, that typically frees up the locals to make their own picks. But the Teamsters president’s old local is staying quiet.
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Holyoke Soldiers’ Home labor agreement praised
IT’S BEEN JUST over a year since news broke of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home that killed 77 veterans and infected 84 more. In reviewing what went […]
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Hiring union workers doesn’t deter affordable housing
IN A MARCH 14, 2020, opinion article titled “Union push hinders housing production,” Jason Kauppi, the president of the Merit Construction Alliance of Massachusetts, argues, without any supporting evidence, that […]
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Here’s why we’re forming a union at PSAV
IF YOU’RE ONE of the millions of Americans who have attended a gala, trade show, wedding, or conference this year, you know how important it is that the event goes […]
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The unifying force of unions
CORPORATE AMERICA’S anti-union rhetoric isn’t tricking the American people anymore. After decades of labor unions being portrayed negatively, the majority of Americans now have a positive view of organized labor. Most people […]
