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The U.S. Senate has been described as the “world’s most exclusive club.” 73 out of our 100 Senators, including Maine Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, are millionaires, even though people of such wealth make up just 7 percent of the U.S. population.

“There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls” – Walter Reuther

On Election Day, Augusta, Eliot, Farmington, Jay, Oakland, Standish, Wells and Wiscasset will be voting on ordinances to stabilize lot rents in mobile home parks that have been bought up by greedy out-of-state real estate investors.

PHOTO: Maine IBEW women at the Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference.
 

The Brewer-based nonprofit Food AND Medicine announced that Adam Goode has joined its staff as Programs Director. Adam brings decades of experience in labor, politics and legislation, having most recently served as Legislative and Political Director of the Maine AFL-CIO.