Industry Advocacy – MassPlumbers

Natural gas ban rejected

March 11, 2021

In response to a bylaw passed by the town of Brookline seeking…

Legislative update: Medical gas and drain cleaning bills

August 21, 2019

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Positive outlook as pandemic winds downMarch 12, 2021 - 10:08 pm
The pandemic has affected virtually everybody and everything–including the construction industry. About one year after the viral outbreak turned the world on its head, vaccination rates are rapidly rising, infection levels are decreasing, and the goal of herd immunity is looming in the not-so-distant future. With the pandemic hopefully on its last legs, there has […]
Industry takes proactive steps to stop COVIDMarch 12, 2021 - 10:07 pm
The building trades in the region responded quickly and with serious purpose when the pandemic began to emerge in early 2020. By mid-March of last year, nearly all construction sites shut down. Before the sites reopened in May, unions representing the trades and affiliated contractors, including Local 12 and the GBPCA, convened to hammer out […]
Mayor Walsh joins Biden CabinetMarch 12, 2021 - 9:54 pm
“It’s a little bittersweet,” says Brian Doherty, general agent for the Greater Boston Building Trades Unions, referring to the appointment of former Mayor Martin J. Walsh as labor secretary. “He’ll be great for the country, but he’s going to leave awfully big shoes to fill here in Boston.” When Walsh was first elected mayor in […]
PCA makes additional donations to area charitiesMarch 11, 2021 - 10:19 pm
The pandemic has disrupted many things, including the Greater Boston PCA’s holiday party. Breaking a longstanding tradition, the organization was unable to present its annual gathering this past December. Instead, the PCA honored the spirit of the season by redirecting the funds it would have spent on the party and donating $25,000 to charity. Combined […]
Natural gas ban rejectedMarch 11, 2021 - 10:16 pm
In response to a bylaw passed by the town of Brookline seeking to ban the installation of gas and oil pipes in new and renovated buildings, Attorney General Maura Healey disapproved it because it is inconsistent with state law. Her office said that the bylaw would undermine the state’s building and gas codes along with […]

Natural gas ban rejected

Legislative update: Medical gas and drain cleaning bills

Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 12

Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors Association