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Maine & NH Flight Safety Workers Organize Union!

 Twelve workers at Flight Safety Services Corporation — a company that works on the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

Right to Strike, Fair Taxation & Support for Stop & Shop Workers!

In this Edition:

  • Right to Strike Hearing
  • Justice for Injured Workers
  • The Fight for Fair Taxation
  • Extending the WARN Act
  • Public Hearings Next Week
  • The Union Barber & the Scab
  • Support for Stop 'n' Shop Workers

Who Fights for Pay Equity? Unions Do!

Weekly Working Class Update

In this Edition:

  • Equal Pay Day
  • Collective Bargaining Rights Bill Passes Committee
  • "Right to Work" Bill Dead (For Now)
  • Earned Paid Sick Leave
  • Public Hearings Next Week
  • Lewiston Textile Strike of 1854

Collective Bargaining Rights, Workers Memorial Day, Breakfast w/ Legislators & More!

Weekly Working Class Update

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Workers turn out for public sector collective bargaining bill
  • Unemployment/Vacation Pay Bill Passes
  • Fairly Compensating Public Employees
  • Worker Safety Bills
  • Collective Bargaining Rights for Farm Workers
  • Eliminating Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace
  • Public Hearings Next week
  • Eastern Maine Labor Council Legislative Breakfast
  • Workers Memorial Day events
  • Maine Women’s Labor History

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You Paid Taxes. These Corporations Didn't

Taxpayers are scrambling to make last-minute payments due to the Internal Revenue Service in just four days, but many of the country’s largest publicly-held corporations are doing better: They’ve reported they owe absolutely nothing on the billions of dollars in profits they earned last year.

Women Can Close the Pay Gap by Forming Unions

In 2018, women once again came home with over 16% less money in their paychecks. Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, which means women had to work until April 2—92 days longer—to be paid the same amount as a comparable man in 2018.

Maine Working Class Update: KVCAP Drivers Unionize, the Fight for Revenue Sharing & More

In this edition:

  • Augusta KVCAP Drivers for Union
  • The to fight to fully fund revenue sharing
  • Workers oppose proposed minimum wage cuts
  • Supporting state workers
  • Sign the NAFTA 2.0 petition
  • Maine Working Class History FB

Augusta KVCAP Drivers Vote to Unionize!

Drivers Join Machinists Union to Improve their Jobs and Services they Provide to the Community

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