Another construction contract approved as union deadline approaches

The steamfitters’ union has inked a new contract with officials from the construction industry as the deadline for some two dozen labor agreements looms, according to Crain’s. The three-year deal approved by Enterprise Associates of Steamfitters’ Local 368 this past weekend was only the second new union contract to be agreed upon prior to Thursday’s expiration of the industry’s labor agreements, following a deal with the painters’ union in the spring. Carpenters, concrete workers, mason tenders and brick layers have yet to reach an agreement, but operating engineers are the laborers expected to present the biggest hurdle. Louis Coletti, president of the Building Trades Employers’ Association, said that while the steamfitters’ deal is “important,” he noted that “what it’s really going to come down to is, can an agreement be reached with the operating engineers?” [Crain’s]

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