By Shirley Leung | The Boston Globe | March 13, 2026
As the debate over this fall’s rent control ballot measure heats up, there’s one group both supporters and opponents are hoping to win over: the building trades unions.
Labor groups ranging from the Massachusetts Teachers Association to the 1199SEIU, have come out in support of a tight cap on rent increases across the state. And usually, when it comes to politics, unions stick together. But the trades — which together represent about 75,000 members from ironworkers to electricians—find themselves in a tough spot.
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