To dramatically underscore the importance--and effectiveness--of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), this video explores the very different experiences that two communities, Malden, MA, and Lynn, MA, faced as they embarked on major school construction projects. For Malden, which signed a project-labor agreement, it was "the best of times" as the schools were completed on time and under budget. In Lynn, it was quite a different tale, prompting the production of "A Tale of Two Cities."

PLEASE NOTE: This video is approximately seven minutes long and is a large file. Please be patient while it downloads. It is worth the wait if determining the true facts on PLA's is your intention, and it may not load on certain ABC computers as a result!

You think you're having a bad Day?
Click on this link to see what a bad day is really like!

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 A Tribute to Joe Quilty

Joe Quilty, former President of the Iron Workers District Council of New England, retired in 2002. This three minutes of condensed clips includes scenes from his retirement dinner at Boston's Sheraton Hotel, and includes tributes from fellow iron workers, well known politicians and friends of Joe "Q".

The Jimmy Fund

When members of Iron Workers Union Local #7 in Boston, MA were building an addition to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, they also took the time to build relationships with some of the facility's young patients. This moving piece, created by the Jimmy Fund, portrays the special bonds that developed. This clip ran nationwide in movie theaters to raise funds for the fight against cancer.

What did it take to transform Boston's Fleet Center into the site for the 2004 Democratic National Convention? In Shawmut Design's clever video, you'll see the arena's massive retrofitting project from start to finish and the breakdown--in 40 seconds flat. Ready, set, go!