Massachusetts Building Trades Unions

@Mass_BTU

Massachusetts Building Trades Unions - representing 75,000 skilled craft professionals in Massachusetts.

Joined October 2012

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jul 21

Frank Callahan of Mass Building Trades Unions said the big beautiful bill will eliminate thousands of job opportunities Some offshore wind projects have already stalled & more may be shelved This seems to be the biggest job-killing bill in American history shorturl.at/jR7Os

Mass_BTU's tweet card. The state could lose an estimated 30,000 jobs and $3 billion in wages over the next decade as the federal government rolls back incentives for clean energy.

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jul 18

@realDonaldTrump just KILLED THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS by pulling $327 MILLION in funding from the Allston Multimodal Project. This project would've have created 3,000 jobs & more to build out the nearby site bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/bus… @NABTU @statehousenews @massaflcio

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jul 7

“We’re proud to have stood with them from day one, and we thank @MassAGO Andrea Campbell and her team for taking swift action and delivering real justice." said Jorge Rivera @IUPAT_DC35 shorturl.at/ss1A2

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jul 2

"Simply put, your tax dollars are in better hands on a job with a PLA in place." public.3.basecamp.com/p/hMufAhK5hRan… @NABTU @AFLCIO @massaflcio @massmunicipal @statehousenews @MassGovernor

Mass_BTU's tweet image. "Simply put, your tax dollars are in better hands on a job with a PLA in place."
public.3.basecamp.com/p/hMufAhK5hRan… @NABTU @AFLCIO @massaflcio @massmunicipal @statehousenews @MassGovernor

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The Building Trades@NABTU · Jun 30

If enacted, the BBB stands to be the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country. Simply put, it is the equivalent of terminating more than 1,000 Keystone XL pipeline projects. facebook.com/share/v/1AVJ4g…

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jul 1

If enacted this stands to be the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country. Simply put it is the equivalent of terminating more than 1,000 Keystone XL pipeline projects @NABTU @massaflcio @statehousenews @politico nabtu.org/press_releases…

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jun 25

Wage Theft hurts workers, the project and the community. Protect Clarendon Hill Workers! @statehousenews

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jun 12

Another good #union project under a #ProjectLaborAgreement killed by @realDonaldTrump Trump wind memo delays SouthCoast Wind by two years newbedfordlight.org/ags-trump-wind… @NABTU @AFLCIO

Mass_BTU's tweet card. The SouthCoast Wind CEO warns the project is unlikely to reach a power purchase agreement with the Commonwealth by the June 30 deadline.

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Jun 4

mass.gov/news/governor-… “UMASS Boston has been transformed over the last 10 years by capital investments under a PLA that provided career opportunities with apprentice training, good wages and benefits.The BRIGHT Act will give MA that ability across the Higher Ed” @MassGovernor

Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 30

Today, Brockton and Southeast MA Bldg Trades met reps and senators from the two regions to raise up critical issues for construction workers like #PrevailingWage, #projectlaboragreements and #RegisteredApprenticeship. Thank you legislators @Ibew223 @massaflcio @statehousenews

Mass_BTU's tweet image. Today, Brockton and Southeast MA Bldg Trades met reps and senators from the two regions to raise up critical issues for construction workers like #PrevailingWage, #projectlaboragreements and #RegisteredApprenticeship. Thank you legislators @Ibew223 @massaflcio @statehousenews

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 19

I guess the GOP only likes tax cuts for Billionaires, but hates them when they create good union jobs in the Building Trades

TThe Building Trades@NABTU · May 19

As currently written, the House Republicans’ reconciliation bill cannot be supported by the men and women of North America’s Building Trades Unions. For the full statement, visit nabtu.org/press_releases…

Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 16

#Union members learning the issues & strategies to be more effective in public meetings. #UnionPower is stronger when more members get involved @NABTU

Mass_BTU's tweet image. #Union members learning the issues &amp; strategies to be more effective in public meetings. #UnionPower is stronger when more members get involved @NABTU

Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 15

Boston initiative connects vocational student... cbsnews.com/boston/video/b… via @CBSNews @MayorWu @NABTU @massaflcio

Mass_BTU's tweet card. The agreement will give students at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School a direct path to a career in the trades. WBZ-TV's Courtney Cole reports.

Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 14

Boston strikes deal opening union job opportunities for Madison Park grads The ripple effects of this PLA will be felt 4 decades creating stable pathways to home ownership to save for the future & building stronger safer communities ⁦⁦⁦@NABTU⁩ bostonherald.com/2025/05/13/bos…

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 13

Frank Callahan of Mass. Building Trades Unions said apprenticeship & labor provisions “highlight @MassGovernorHealey’s commitment to ensuring that workers who build and service these technologies for all of us enjoy good paying careers bostonglobe.com/2025/05/13/sci… via @BostonGlobe

Mass_BTU's tweet card. The legislation includes sweeping reforms that, according to the state, would save ratepayers some $10 billion over the course of the next decade.

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 8

The Recovery Week program is "aimed at breaking stigma, promoting access to care and building a jobsite culture that values emotional and psychological safety as much as physical safety" @_BTEA_ @NABTU @MassGenBrigham @turner_talk enr.com/articles/60719…

Mass_BTU's tweet card. The BTEA Northeast event coincided with National Mental Health Awareness Month in May.

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · May 5

This has 2 stop @VineyardWindUS created 1,380 union jobs since starting. Trump's ban also caused Prysmian to cancel a $780 Million Undersea Cable Manufacturing Plant (with a PLA) in Somerset that would've created 150 good paying manufacturing jobs bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/nat… @NABTU

Mass_BTU's tweet card. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order President Trump signed that paused approvals, permits, and loans for all wind energy projects both onshore...

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LIUNA@LIUNA · May 2

What’s happened in the #First100Days? Delays. Canceled projects. Rolled-back protections. The impacts on workers and union jobs are REAL! 🎯 #1u 👀WATCH:

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Apr 25

Thanks 2 the legislature & @MassAGO Campbell fighting 4 these workers justice will be done. We call on the developer Preservation of Affordable Housing & their contractor Dellbrook|JKS to pay these workers the wages they deserve said @Mass_BTU Prez Frank Callahan @statehousenews

Mass_BTU's tweet image. Thanks 2 the legislature &amp; @MassAGO Campbell fighting 4 these workers justice will be done. We call on the developer Preservation of Affordable Housing &amp; their contractor Dellbrook|JKS to pay these workers the wages they deserve said @Mass_BTU Prez Frank Callahan @statehousenews

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Massachusetts Building Trades Unions@Mass_BTU · Apr 23

PLAs increased bid competition by an average of 14%, with each additional bid increasing the likelihood that projects would be awarded below their official engineer’s estimates by 6% constructiondive.com/news/plas-illi… @NABTU @statehousenews @massmunicipal

Mass_BTU's tweet card. Project labor agreements increased bidding competition on awards within the state, according to research from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute.

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