Speaking for Massachusetts Employers
Associated Industries of Massachusetts is proud to speak for employers on key issues that affect economic growth in Massachusetts. Here are a few recent examples of AIM speaking out in the news media.
Tariffs
WBUR
Local manufacturers are preparing to pay more for items from Canada, Mexico, and China if President Trump’s tariffs go into effect tomorrow. Associated Industries of Massachusetts CEO, Brooke Thompson says foreign suppliers will pass their higher costs on to manufacturers here. She also says the retaliatory actions by the targeted countries will make their products more expensive.
“If you’re talking something that’s 500 thousand or a million dollars, a 25 percent retaliatory tariff on that is a huge hurdle for customers. that’s going to certainly have. Really potentially impactful downstream effects.]” Thompson says manufacturers will have to pay more for electricity to operate their facilities.
WFXT – Trump’s ‘troubling’ tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China ‘going to touch everyone’ in Mass., expert says
MassLive – The only winner in U.S./Canada trade war ‘will be China’: Top Canadian diplomat in Boston warns
Boston Herald – Tariffs on Massachusetts’ three largest trading partners will leave residents facing price hikes, Healey tells Herald
Boston Globe – New England politicians slam Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico
SHNS State Affairs – AIM Statement on Tariffs
Unemployment Insurance
The Boston Globe – How a $2.5 billion error could be an opportunity to fix the state’s ailing unemployment system
Funding Freeze
State House News Service – Massachusetts scrambles to understand, react to federal funding freeze
Wage Transparency
Boston Business Journal – Mass. employers face new wage reporting rules, starting this week
Massachusetts’ new pay transparency law is now in effect, requiring employers with 100+ workers to submit wage data already reported to the EEOC. Kyle Pardo, EVP of HR Services at AIM, urges businesses to prepare now: “This isn’t something you should put off to September. Employers need to ask themselves what their pay philosophy is … it’s time to put structure to that.” Learn More
WBUR – When Will Salary Ranges Be Required on Job Postings?