Editorial: New Lowell facility will help promote trades’ workforce

Editorial: New Lowell facility will help promote trades’ workforce

We’ve previously endorsed the expansion of the state’s apprentice-oversight policies to bolster the number of coveted skilled workers in the trades, both union and nonunion. A quasi-state agency well versed in creating economic opportunities also recognizes this need, and has allocated the resources to help realize that goal. MassDevelopment has issued an $11.325 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of The Finishing Trades Institute of New England …