Massachusetts state law makes it illegal for public school teacher unions to strike, and yet it still happens. Meanwhile, trade unions...

The construction of the new state Holyoke Veterans Home includes a goal to use apprentices for 20 percent of the work hours. This $482...

The Holyoke Veterans Home project is missing the hiring goals for apprentices and minorities, reported the general contractor,...

Here’s another difference between merit shops and unions: If a merit shop loses a competitive bid, it won’t send employees to protest....

MCA today provided testimony to the Standing Committee on Economic Development in the City of Worcester. The committee is considering an...

Low Number of Bidders, Few Minority- and Women-Owned Firms Bid, & Bids Exceed Estimates Today’s ribbon cutting on the Holyoke Veterans...

The Joint Committee on State Administration is hearing testimony on legislation to permit project labor agreements on public projects in...

Merit shop construction workers represented 83.8% of the Massachusetts construction workforce in 2022, according to the Union Membership...

The MCA always urges people to check the promises made by proponents of project labor agreements. Those hollow promises include wages,...

Recognizing 19 Governors Who Stand for Fair & Open Competition In this season of Thanksgiving, we'd like to take a moment to thank all...

More than 8,000 public comments were submitted about the draft regulations to implement President Biden's ill-advised executive order...

MCA weighed in with a lengthy rebuke of the Biden Administration's mandate of union-only workers on federal construction projects. MCA...

PLAs stop merit shops from bidding, and most minority- and women-owned construction companies are merit shop. It's really that simple....

Prefabrication offers the end-user high-quality components assembled in a safe, climate-controlled facility without the delays caused by...

PLAs are not a sound practice for anyone starting a building project. Supporters of PLAs, including President Biden, ignore the basic...

The taxpayers saved more than $1 million in construction costs as a result of the lawsuit brought by MCA and industry allies against the...

For all the talk about diversity on the job site, a recent New York Times report suggests organized labor is not delivering. "Can...

'I ISSUE A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION requiring the Town of Braintree to open the South Middle School project for rebid without including a...

With a vote of 130-30, the Mass. House of Representatives voted with the required 2/3s majority to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of...

When non-union contractors win bids on public projects, they can find themselves targeted by union-backed organizations making all sorts...