Maine AFL-CIO

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Showing up for Union Brothers & Sisters

IN THIS EDITION:

Golden & Pingree Successfully Push for Vote on Pro-Union Bill
Local S6 Questions BIW Tax Break As Subcontracting Moves Forward
Union Members Show Up to Support Scarborough Teachers
New Law Will Boost Wages for Construction Jobs
Focus Groups on New Unemployment System in Bangor & Portland

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Higher Pay & MLK

IN THIS EDITION:

Join ATU 714 in Supporting Bangor Bus Hub
In Memory of Union Sister Louise Parker
170,000 Mainers Receive Wage Increases
Martin Luther King Jr Day Events Across the State
Arbitration Victory for Unjustly Terminated Lineworker

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Big Win in Waterville!

IN THIS EDITION:

Waterville Firefighters (IAFF 1608) score victory for improved public safety
Save the Date: Labor Racial Justice Workshop, March 22
2020 Labor Notes Conference Registration Now Open!
Say NO to a privatizer as the Postmaster General
An Open Call for Labor Art!
90 Years Ago a Mob Attacked Black Union Organizers at Togus

Recent News

Sign up now for the Maine AFL-CIO 2020 Worker Candidate Training!

Andy O’Brien on Monday, November 25 2019 - 3:48pm

Brothers and Sisters -

Are you frustrated that politicians who are supposed to represent us end up voting against working families and our best interests? You’re not alone! Now more than ever we need people who understand what it's like to get up and go to work every morning to be elected to the State House, to City and Town Councils, and to School Boards.

Maine UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Celebrate 115 Years

Andy O’Brien on Monday, November 25 2019 - 3:33pm

On the evening of June 9, 1904, 14 union men were initiated into the Plumbers and Pipefitters, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters and Steam Fitters Helpers’ Union Local 217 at its first meeting at Congress Hall in Portland.