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COVID-19 Response - Expanding Unemployment Benefits

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Senate Passes Major Expansion of Unemployment for Workers Impacted by COVID-19
  • Sign up for Organizing Training - Organizing for Power: Coronovirus and Everything After
  • BIW Union Leaders Repeat Call for Actions to Protect Workers
  • Workers Turn Out for Online Racial Justice Workshop
  • Can You Provide Frontline Workers with Protective Gear?
  • Please Let Us Know Your Thoughts

Protecting Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Unemployment Insurance Available to Workers Impacted By COVID-19 Crisis
  • Senate Passes Sick Leave Expansion, Cash Payments Likely Coming
  • Unions Demand BIW Close the Yard & Provide Pay for Its Workers During Closure
  • State Workers Call on State to Close Non-Essential Services
  • Helping Those in Need During the Crisis

Supporting Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Workers Discuss Need for Economic Security in Response to COVID 19 Pandemic
  • Pass the COVID-19 Worker Protection Act
  • Labor Events Canceled or Postponed Due to Coronavirus Concerns
  • Workers at the Kittery Water District Organize With IBEW 1837

An informational picket, a contract fight & an election victory

IN THIS EDITION:

  • IBEW 1837 Member Kevin O’Connell Wins Brewer House Seat!
  • Workers Join KVCAP Drivers in Demonstration for Fair Contract
  • Ellsworth Techs (MSNA) at Northern Light Hospital Authorize Strike
  • Union Members Support Bill to Strengthen Tax on Multimillionaires
  • Join Us for a pre-Labor Lobby Day Issue Briefing 

UNION MEMBER KEVIN O’CONNELL WINS BREWER HOUSE SEAT!

Congratulations to IBEW 1837 member Kevin O’Connell who overwhelmingly won election to a Brewer State House Seat this past Tuesday. Kevin defeated former Republican Rep. Garrel Craig, 1,403 to 1,017, according to the Bangor Daily News. Kevin is a first class lineworker at Emera Maine, a 24-year military veteran and former Brewer mayor. He has pledged to support workers' rights, fair wages and fully restoring revenue sharing to our cash-strapped towns and cities. We look forward to having another working class voice in Augusta!

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IN THIS EDITION:

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Kevin O'Connell & "Roughing the Uppers!"

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Maine AFL-CIO Endorses Kevin O’Connell in Brewer State House Race
  • Huhtamaki Workers Win Higher Wages & Better Benefits in New Contract
  • WMLC Screening "Roughing the Uppers" — 3/17
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