Photos from May Day Weekend!

This past week, union members across the state have been very active, from supportingIronworkers 807 in their fight for a fair contract with Cives Steel to celebrating International Workers Day with the UMaine Graduate Workers in Orono and Little Dog Workers in Brunswick. Here are some photos from the past week.

On Friday, April 28, union members from IAM Local S6, Maine Service Employees Association, SEIU Local 1989, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union1445, NALC and others joined Ironworker Local 897 in a demonstration in front of Cives Steel prior to another round of negotiations.
 

The University of Maine Graduate Workers Union held an International Workers Day celebration in Orono on Saturday, April 29. Speakers included State Senator Mike Tipping (D-Orono, Jack McKay of Food & Medicine and workers from around the state, including members of Little Dog Workers United and Orono Town Workers, who are currently in the process of trying to form a union. You can watch of a recap of the event including speakers and music here.

Members of Little Dog Workers United at the Little Dog cafe in Brunswick held a solidarity sip-in and labor history presentation on May 1.

Customers who attended the Little Dog event reported that they could taste the solidarity!
 

“Attending the Little Dog workers’ May Day solidarity event was a great way to spend a rainy Monday morning! It was a pleasure connecting with fellow working-class folks on the holiday and chatting with the baristas about organizing. Plus, union-brewed coffee tastes better!“ - Bronwyn C., customer/union supporter.

“When I moved back to small-town Maine after spending a couple years in a big, progressive city, Little Dog was a comfortable, fun place to exist as a queer woman. I came in the other day to support their union work because towns like Brunswick (and all across America) need this kind of social and economic progressivism. I want to be a part of a community that raises up their workers and fights for their right to be treated fairly and equally ❤️.” - Titania W., customer/union supporter.