Carpenters union rallies outside Framingham hotel where they say tax fraud occurred
But for several weeks, he and 15 co-workers didn’t see a dime.
The Connecticut-based company for which Valencia worked for held back payments to its workers, putting them in a financial bind.
Valencia and his co-workers were eventually paid after bringing a case before the company, but it didn’t go without significant stress.
“It was very difficult because we didn’t have money for rent or food,” said Valencia, who recently applied for a carpenters union apprentice program.
More than 60 members of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Local 336 all clad in bright-green masks saying Stop Wage Theft along with state Reps. Maria Robinson and Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis and several city councilors held a rally Wednesday afternoon to bring awareness to the ongoing issue of tax fraud in construction. The group called on legislators to pass wage theft and tax fraud le