As Massachusetts officials compete for billions of federal infrastructure dollars that will unlock major job opportunities in the construction sector, labor union leaders are imploring state agencies comply with workforce participation laws designed to support women and people of color.
Gilbane Building Co. and Hunt Construction Group were hit with a $1.9 million fine by outgoing Attorney General Maura Healey for allegedly lying about how many women- and minority-owned subcontractors were helping them build Worcester’s new Polar Park.
Andre Barbour is helping Boston’s minority communities get in on the ground floor of the development industry – literally – as head of NEI General Contracting’s year-old Workforce Opportunity Resource Center.
Two-thirds of construction contracts administered by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance don’t employ women and nearly one-third don’t employ minorities, Auditor Suzanne Bump’s office said.
