Maura Healey, project labor agreements

Gov. Healey to sign order requiring state agencies to consider labor agreements on projects over $35M
Gov. Maura Healey plans to sign an executive order Tuesday that would require executive branch agencies to review public construction projects with an estimated cost of over $35 million to determine if a project labor agreement is “in the best interest” of the project.
Healey order authorizes project labor agreements
Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order allowing the state to use union-friendly labor agreements on major public works projects, but business groups say the move would ultimately
Healey adds project labor agreement to big construction projects
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued an executive order requiring state agencies to consider project labor agreements for public construction projects exceeding $35 million. Project labor agreements often mandate unionized labor, a move supported by unions but opposed by some contractors who argue it stifles competition.
Healey touts tax rebate, project labor agreements on Springfield swing
Maura Healey, who is raising her national profile lately, also reacted to the latest news out of the Trump White House: “It is going to jack up prices for all of us.”
Mass. Governor signs order promoting union labor for public construction projects
Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday signed an executive order to boost the use of so-called project labor agreements by state agencies for large public works construction projects. The move ...

TSA, Trump administration and Labor unions

ATI workers reject new six-year labor deal
Unionized workers of ATI, including those at Lockport’s Specialty Rolled Products facility on Ohio Street, rejected a new six-year labor agreement this past Monday. The company and the United ...
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Gov. Wes Moore signs new agreements with 3 Maryland police, fire unions
Gov. Wes Moore signed new contract agreements with three Maryland labor unions that impact law enforcement and firefighters.
Leadership turnover at Framingham Union Hospital gives nurses hope for first labor contract
The nurses’ union at Framingham Union Hospital will deliver a petition to the hospital’s CEO Tuesday afternoon, calling for ...
NJ Transit and engineers union tentatively agree to a new contract and avoid a possible strike
New Jersey Transit and its rail engineers union have tentatively agreed to a new labor contract, averting a possible strike ...
Homeland Security Tells TSA Agents It Will Ignore Labor Contract
The policy change sets up a fight with the union representing government workers after a seven-year agreement was ratified in ...