How did your state legislator score on labor issues?

High school teacher and Maine Education Association member Nathan Burnett of Hiram is running for State Senate in District 22, which comprises 13 towns across Oxford, York and Cumberland Counties.

Whenever there is a debate about making the wealthy pay their share, pro-business interests always argue that taxing the rich will make people flee to lower tax states.

Members of Ironworkers Local 852 at Cives Steel in Augusta are in the midst of tough negotiations with the company and may need our solidarity in the coming weeks.

After years of union members pushing for tax fairness, including at the Maine AFL-CIO’s annual Labor Lobby Day last month, lawmakers advanced a budget that will ensure wealthy people start to pay their fair share to meet working people’s needs.

On March 19, Governor Janet Mills signed Rep. Matt Beck’s (D-So. Portland, IBEW 1837) bill aimed at strengthening enforcement of labor laws.