Nonunion advocate claims construction union membership is on the decline in Massachusetts
Membership in construction industry labor unions in Massachusetts dropped from 20 percent to 16.1 percent last year, the Merit Construction Alliance found.
MCA, an advocate for nonunion contractors, said that according to federal union membership data, 138,358 people were employed in private construction in Massachusetts in Massachusetts. Of those, 22,226, or 16.1 percent, belonged to labor unions, compared with 20 percent a year earlier.
About 17.5 percent of the same workers reported being covered by a collective bargaining agreement, according to the MCA.
In a statement, the MCA dismissed recent statements in the media by labor representatives as "false data on construction union membership in Massachusetts in letters to the editor and opinion columns."
"They claimed the data originated from state agencies, but in fact, the commonwealth of Massachusetts does not collect this data," according to the MCA statement low fee cash advance.
The MCA study for Massachusetts comes close on the heels of labor organization claims that construction union membership nationwide increased to 13.9 percent last year from 13 percent the year before.
"These gains are impressive, especially considering that they came in the face of fierce resistance from anti-union employers," Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Robert Haynes said in a statement.
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