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"It starts with organized labor, building what people are going to use and enjoy for years to come," said Jason Garand, Business Manager, Local #108. Call it a victory for union workers looking for a job.

The Pioneer Valley Building Trades and Carpenters Local 108 have signed an agreement with the Mohegan Sun to ensure if a casino goes up in Palmer, it will be union-made.

Governor Deval Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray and other local leaders were in Springfield Tuesday to help announce Caring Health Center will be moving forward with its $18.7 million dollar Main Street expansion.

An expanded convention center in Boston could pump an additional $222 million a year into the local economy, bring in 186,000 annual visitors, and create as many as 3,900 construction jobs and support 2,300 permanent jobs, according to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority.

The Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local #17 and Wentworth Institute of Technology have reached an agreement to offer an opportunity for Sheet Metal Workers to earn an Associate of Applied Science in Engineering Technology degree.

SEIU Local 888, th union representing state escalator inspectors, is fighting a decision to fire two inspectors and suspend six more after a child’s death in a shopping mall, arguing that the Public Safety Department does not train inspectors sufficiently or even provide enough safety code books.

A proposal to build retail stores, 262 apartments, and underground parking on the site of The Boston Herald was filed with the city yesterday, signaling an to end the newspaper’s operations at its longtime headquarters in the South End.

The University of Massachusetts Boston broke ground today on the first new academic building since the campus was completed in 1972. The building, a $152 million, 220,000-square-foot Integrated Sciences Complex, is being built at the entrance of the Columbia Point campus and will house state-of-the-art research, teaching, and training laboratories. The Building Trade Unions were recognized and thanked by Phil Johnston, UMass Board of Trustees, who thanked Frank Callahan, President of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council and said , “We made sure that organized labor was strongly represented. In the future years this will mean a lot of jobs made available for union members who need it and deserve it.”