Maine AFL-CIO Stickers Are In!

The Maine CIO has just received a new order of union-made stickers with our logo as well as our traditional “SOLIDARITY” bumper stickers for affiliate members to display proudly If you want some to pass out to your workers, call our office at 207-622-9675 or email eric@maineaflcio.orgWe only ask that you display the sticker where the public can see it, such as a hard hat or vehicle.

Machinists Local S-6 member Doug Hall, who serves on union's Grievance and Legislative committees, recently took a stack of stickers down to the shipyard at Bath Iron Works. He said he quickly ran out of stickers as they proved to be very popular with the workers. The logo of the CIO and AFL hands shaking generated also some interesting conversations about who we are and our history.

“I explained how the CIO was different from the AFL and the history of their rivalry at the shipyard,” said Hall. “I explained how the CIO focused on organizing both black and white workers and building interracial solidarity. I had people who didn’t even know what the AFL-CIO was so I explained to them who we are and what we do.”