Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer. – Unknown

Recently in the United States the Small Business Administration celebrated Small Business Month. The plumbing and heating business is an industry where the entrepreneur spirit is alive and well. Here in the metropolitan Boston area we have a thriving community of great small businesses that are affiliated with Plumbers Local 12.

While some of our contractors today employ sometimes many more than 150 plumbers there are many that employ less than 10. This provides the backbone of an organization that is over 125 years old. Plumbers Local 12 will soon be hosting our own new business seminar to help fuel that great entrepreneurial spirit.

Uniform pay, benefit administration, concentrated training, and access to an extremely well-trained workforce by the union allow new contractors the ability to grow during those critical first years which in turn will help them become the future employers of hundreds of employees.

We salute the Small Businessmen and Women and their entrepreneurial drive that makes our industry great!