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55 Years After OSHA Opened Its Doors, Trump Administration Attacks Workers’ Rights and Protections, Wiping Away Decades of Progress

55 Years After OSHA Opened Its Doors, Trump Administration Attacks Workers’ Rights and Protections, Wiping Away Decades of Progress

Workers are dying and being injured on the job as the Trump administration cuts essential funding and staffing and directs resources away from the agencies and policies that protect workers and hold employers accountable, according to a

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Nobody Wants to do Anything!" How to Get Members Involved and Organize Within Your Union Workshop-May 16th

Nobody Wants to do Anything!" How to Get Members Involved and Organize Within Your Union Workshop-May 16th

Almost every labor organization goes through a stage when it seems that “nobody wants to do anything.” This may seem insurmountable, but members’ apathy often results from confusion rather than disinterest.

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Scontras Center and Maine AFL-CIO Teach Labor History to Casco Bay High School Students

Scontras Center and Maine AFL-CIO Teach Labor History to Casco Bay High School Students

Two weeks ago, the Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education and the Maine AFL-CIO taught a unit to a Casco Bay High School freshman class on Maine labor history. Matt Emmick from the Scontras Center gave a fascinating labor history walking tour of Saco and Biddeford.

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