Governor moves to halt labor scofflaws - By Maria Sacchetti, The Boston Globe
A 2004 Harvard study found that misclassifying workers alone cost Massachusetts roughly $152 million in unpaid income taxes from 2001 to 2003.
'If you crack down on people who are cheating, you can get revenue without having to raise taxes,' said Mark Erlich, executive secretary and treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, who was at the convention yesterday. 'What politician doesn't love that?'