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The Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association (UAW 3999) Strike Captains are this year’s winner of the Maine AFL-CIO’s President’s Award for stepping up to build their union and organize their co-workers during the BMDA strike in late March.

Former Maine AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer and IATSE 114 Business Agent Doug Born is the recipient of this year’s Maine AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Award for showing up for every union picket line and worker fight and for years of work building the labor movement.

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Last week, registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton launched a four-day strike to protest management’s refusal to address their serious concerns about emergency department (ED) staffing and its impact on patient care, announced Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses

Registered nurses Erin Oberson of Old Town and Kelli Brennan of Saco were recently elected as co-Presidents of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United. The two union leaders succeed long-time MSNA President Cokie Giles.

This article was originally published in Maine State Labor News in Oct., 2022.