FAIR PAY FOR OFFSITE WORKERS

You work hard and deserve to be paid a living wage — no matter where your work gets done.

In Massachusetts, prevailing wage laws set baseline wages for construction workers to ensure they are paid fairly. But a loophole allows contractors to skirt the prevailing wage by underpaying workers working in a shop rather than at a job site. These contractors even hire non-union, out-of-state workers for projects, shortchanging Massachusetts families and harming our state's economy.

SMART Northeast Regional Council has been fighting to close the prevailing wage loophole for the last two years. In 2022, we got very close to getting this bill passed, but unfortunately, it never came up for a vote. With your help, we can pass this important bill this year – with a new governor and legislative session, we’re closer than ever.

Two new bills in the Massachusetts State Legislature, House Bill 1943 and Senate Bill 1171, would level the playing field by preventing contractors from underpaying offsite workers and removing their incentive to hire workers out of state.

It will take all of us to pass these bills and guarantee fair pay for workers. So stand with your union brothers and sisters, and show your state legislators that thousands of sheet metal workers are united behind these bills.

Take Action:

Scan the QR code and urge your state legislators to close the prevailing wage loophole by sponsoring House Bill 1943 and Senate Bill 1171.