2024

Congressional Black Caucus needs to step up

2023

Minorities and women have been largely locked out of Cambridge city contracts, study shows

2022

Building a diverse construction industry

Construction halts on Vineyard Wind as longshoreman protest lack of local workers on jobsite

Infrastructure bills are kicking off billions in construction projects. Will workers of color get the jobs?

Leyva tries to build ways around the inequities

OPINION: MAYOR WU SHOULD IMPLEMENT THE MASSPORT MODEL CITYWIDE

2021

Building trades rattled over labor agreement in Holyoke Soldiers’ Home bill

Baker pressed on Holyoke Soldiers’ Home labor agreement

At Boston Development Forum, Seaport Question Yields Notable Moment For Campbell

Black Electrician Opens Shop In Waltham, Hopes To Set Example

Vineyard Wind’s labor deal exposes tensions overs unions, worker diversity

Editorial: Diversity ownership vies with unions for contracts

Boston Planning Agency Vice-Chair Criticized For Racist Language

2020

Bossman Construction places emphasis on empowering women

The People’s Academy feature on WCVB 5 ABC

Boston's Diversity Hiring Mandate For Construction Projects Is All Bark, No Bite

Building trades unions won’t disclose racial data

Boston’s Path to Equitable Contracting Supported by the City Accelerator Learning Community

Governor Baker advances minority business contract goals

Baker Administration Inflates It’s Claim Of Spending With Minority Businesses

Baker Files Bill To Assist Minority And Women-Owned Businesses

Baker-Polito Administration Announces Legislation and Administrative Changes to Promote Increased Participation of Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses in State Construction Projects

Boston must have more diverse contract procurement, councilors say

Councilor: Minority contractor lost chance at city contract because he wasn't on secret city mailing list

First woman, and person of color, to head labor council

State seen lagging on minority contracting

Black Business Group Demands City And State Leaders Commit To Boosting Minority Contracts

The Color Of Public Money: Philadelphia And Massport Show Paths To Expanding Minority Contracts

The Color Of Public Money: Black Businesses' Share Of Public Contracts Has Declined Over 20 Years

Boston Councilor Campbell Starts Push For New Minority Contract Goals

More To Come In WGBH Investigation Into State's Lack Of Minority Contracts

Business activists push city to offer more contracts to minority firms

Boston's Operation Exit Provides Pipeline From Courtrooms To New Careers

2019

City seeks input from minority vendors

Another source of business

Outkast Electrical joins ranks of IBEW Local 103

City’s Office of Economic Development competing for funds to boost participation

On city contracts, Boston only talks the talk on diversity

Few city contracts going to minorities

Boston awarded $664m in contracts. Less than 1% went to women - and minority-owned businesses

Shelley Webster helps minority firms grow capacity

Advancing with partners

Developers must answer the call for diversity and inclusion

Expanding opportunities

New executive order to support equitable procurement process

2018

New committee to improve equity in building industry

Building for the future

Council probes Boston jobs policy

Shawmut launches scholarship to support women, minority Wentworth students

Boston Wants to Build Inclusion into Its Construction Boom

New goals for city-owned land

Boston to ask developers about their inclusion of minority and women workers, investors

Mass Construction & Management aims to take on larger projects

Boston Is In A Building Boom — And Wants More Diverse Construction Workers

State representative files legislation for minority contractors

White-dominated construction unions want more diversity

Social media campaign attracts women, minorities to construction industry

Judge rules Portuguese companies are not minority-owned

Mentor program aims for more diversity in construction industry

Vying for greater growth

The Construction Talent Pipeline Gets Expanded At Harvard Business School

Boston Vocational High School Program Opens Multiple Doors at Once

Supply Chain Diversity

2017

Councilors vote to strengthen city’s minority contracting program

Legislating equity in opportunity that will make our money work

A BRAND NEW BOSTON, EVEN WHITER THAN THE OLD

Building trades in the blood

Minorities get slim share of contracts

Then & Now: Eastern exec brings fresh perspective to growing minority businesses

Boston Chamber opens doors

From trades to community college, ‘the sky’s the limit’

Cruz cuts ribbon on renovated affordable development

Dream Development wins city’s Housing Innovation Competition

Mattapan housing renovation a ‘fully inclusive project’

Business leaders step up efforts to bring minority-owned firms into the fold

Eastern Bank growth fund targets minority-owned firms

What Operation Exit Has Built    

“Operation Exit” graduates celebrate advancement into building trades     

These Boston Apprenticeships Are Pushing the Economy Toward Equity

Bolling: building boom must include minoroities, women

Black firms tackle fourth largest hotel project in Boston

Umass Boston construction pact a model for workforce diversity

These women build boston and are recruiting more to join them

Boston can be an unwelcoming place to do business. Here's how to change that

An Act relative to equity in public contracting in honor of Bruce C. Bolling (Bill H.2717)

The Seaport's New Omni Hotel Is A Win For Diversity and Inclusion

2016

Mayor Walsh Signs Executive Order to Expand Opportunities for Women and Minority Owned Businesses

MAYOR WALSH FILES BOSTON RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY UPDATE

Mayor calls on construction firms to hire more minorities, women, residents 

Mayor increases construction jobs goals for people of color 

Executive Order Promoting Equity in Public Procurement

Under Walsh, nonunion construction work has risen

Walsh unveils minority & women business spending goals

Boston Sets Goals for Minority-Owned Businesses

City ponders how to boost hiring of certain groups in construction industry

Boston's building boom coming to Roxbury area

2015

Construction hiring goals not met in Boston

Builders in Boston missing diversity targets for jobs

Dudley Street developer agrees to affordability, diversity standards

Only a few neighborhoods seeing development boom in Boston

2014

Hitting Construction Hiring Goals

2013

Commentary: Getting people to work, but not work to people

2024

City wrestles with policing its jobs policy

Kroc projects held up as model for construction hiring

1974

Roxbury Workers Plan to Shut Down Construction Areas