LABOR RIFT A BIG TEST FOR UNIONS IN MASS.

From: The Boston Globe | Date: September 5, 2005| Author: Robert Gavin Globe Staff | Copyright information

Organized labor has long been a force to be reckoned with in Massachusetts. The biggest public construction projects of recent years, such as the Central Artery Project, have given preferences to union labor. On Beacon Hill, unions helped defeat a 2003 proposal by Governor Mitt Romney to scale back the state's generous unemployment insurance benefits.

And in the 2004 state election, unions helped Democrats expand their legislative majorities in the face of a highly visible and well- fi...

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