Maine AFL-CIO

 

3rd Time's A Charm

IN THIS EDITION

  • Maine Med Nurse Celebrates Union Victory After Voting in Three Elections Since 1976
  • Union Members from 3 Unions Working on NECEC Project; Maine AFL-CIO Endorses
  • Maine AFL-CIO Endorses Tribal Sovereignty Bill
  • Congressman Jared Golden Pushes to Lower Medicare Age to 60
  • AFL-CIO Northeast District Meeting — Thursday, June 10
  • Labor Reading Group to Read “A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy”
  • New Report Finds 20 Maine Workers Were Killed on the Job in 2019

A strike, a walk out & a contract win

IN THIS EDITION

  • Shaw’s Truck Drivers & Mechanics Return to Work After Brief Strike
  • Maine Dollar General Workers Quit En Masse to Protest Poor Treatment
  • IBEW 1837 Members at Central Maine Power Ratify New 4-Year Contract 
  • MSNA Members to Hold Vigil in Portland for 375 Nurses Who Died of Covid
  • Maine May Day Rallies Focus on Building Workers Power & Supporting the PRO Act
  • Workers Testify in Support of Bill to Fix Maine’s Unemployment System
  • Union members Support Bill to Require PPP for Frontline Workers

Nurses win!

IN THIS EDITION

  • Maine Med Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize
  • Portland Museum of Art Workers Win Union Election
  • Public Hearing on “Fix Unemployment" Bill — Monday, May 3rd, 9am
  • Maine May Day Rallies for Workers' Rights This Saturday, May 1st
  • Western Maine Labor Council Holds 15th Annual Workers' Memorial Day Event
  • Maine Textile Women Formed the “Industrial Reserve Army” of “Spindle City”

Fighting for Stronger Labor Standards

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Workers Support Bill to Ensure Clean Energy Projects Create Good Quality Union Jobs & Advance Equity
  • Nurses at EMMC Win Contract to Improve Patient Safety, Wages and Staffing
  • Railway Workers Urge Congressional Delegation to Protect Public Safety & Union Jobs In Pan Am Railways Acquisition 
  • Maine Race & Labor History Presentation — Wed., April 21st
  • UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 716 Career Fair — Wed. April 21st
  • Union Members Turn Out for New Member Orientation Training 
  • Labor Council President & USW retiree Calls for Online Voter Registration at “Democracy Day Event”
  • Upcoming PRO Act Events!

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