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Auto Body Shops Protest State Repair Labor Costs
Massachusetts mechanics and lawmakers are engaged in a battle over how much can be charged hourly for labor.
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Damaged Cars Paraded Around Mass. State House in Car Repair Cost Protest
Auto body shop owners and employees converged on the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday demanding relief from collision repair rates that they say have not been increased in 11 years. Event organizers at The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts blame insurance companies for setting “unsustainably low rates” and made their point with a large crowd of attendees and…
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Mass. Auto Shops Glad to See Vehicle Inspections Resume After Malware Attack
Inspection stickers are back in Massachusetts after a malware attack on the vendor that facilitates inspections in several states knocked out service on March 30.