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Baileyville Workers, Federal Workers & Others Highlight Importance of Solidarity Harvest This Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving approaches, it is important to think about the union families who are struggling this season and offer our solidarity where we can. Recently, Woodland Pulp and St. Croix Chipping in Baileyville have announced that they will be shutting down for a month from mid November to mid
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Maine Legislative Leaders Approve Some Labor Bills to Be Considered in the 2026 Legislative Session; Hospital Closure Bill Being Appealed

Read More > Maine Legislative Leaders Approve Some Labor Bills to Be Considered in the 2026 Legislative Session; Hospital Closure Bill Being Appealed
Maine Legislative Leaders Approve Some Labor Bills to Be Considered in the 2026 Legislative Session; Hospital Closure Bill Being Appealed

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Federal unions—and all unions—are under attack.

Federal unions—and all unions—are under attack.

In March, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers at more than 30 agencies.  

Now representatives in Congress have introduced the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would overturn Trump’s executive order.

We are asking every single American who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers to join a union to call their member of Congress right now.

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Absentee Voting Protected, Labor-Endorsed Candidates Win in Bangor & Hallowell

Absentee Voting Protected, Labor-Endorsed Candidates Win in Bangor & Hallowell

It a was great night for democracy Tuesday as voters soundly defeated the Question 1 voter suppression referendum and elected labor-endorsed slates in Bangor and Hallowell. Statewide, voters crushed Question 1  in a landslide 60-40 split.

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Read More > Absentee Voting Protected, Labor-Endorsed Candidates Win in Bangor & Hallowell

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Penny Hill (AFSCME 1814) Becomes First Mental Health Worker to Retire Under New Special Retirement Plan

Penny Hill (AFSCME 1814) Becomes First Mental Health Worker to Retire Under New Special Retirement Plan

Penny Hill and Sally Nichols AFSME 1814 at the State House in Augusta.

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Maine AFL-CIO Convention Hosts UAW Pres. Shawn Fain & Elects New Executive Board & Secretary Treasurer

Maine AFL-CIO Convention Hosts UAW Pres. Shawn Fain & Elects New Executive Board & Secretary Treasurer

PHOTO: Maine AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer John Perry IV (USW 900, center) and, from left, Executive Board members Dave Hebert (USW 291), Serina DeWolfe (AFT), Tom McCord (PATFA-AFT) and Chris Hodgdon (IBEW 2327) being sworn in last Friday.

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Read More > Maine AFL-CIO Convention Hosts UAW Pres. Shawn Fain & Elects New Executive Board & Secretary Treasurer

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