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Debate Schedule for Maine Senate & Congressional Races

U.S. Senate Debates Oct. 13 at 7pm - Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Troy Jackson (D) on WABI/WAGM - streaming at https://www.youtube.com/@wabi-tv5 Oct. 15 at 8pm - Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Troy Jackson (D) hosted by NEWS Center Maine, Portland Press Herald & Maine Public with live audience at Gracie
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Labor Reading Group Accepting Nominations for September

Labor Reading Group Accepting Nominations for September

The Maine AFL-CIO Labor Reading Group is accepting new nominations for books, articles, pamphlets or films to begin discussing in September. Topics can include everything involving the world of work or unions such as labor law, labor history, or political or economic trends.

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Members of Maine’s Largest State Workers’ Union Endorse Hannah Pingree for Governor

Members of Maine’s Largest State Workers’ Union Endorse Hannah Pingree for Governor

Members of the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU) Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union (MSEA-SEIU Local 1989), the largest union of state workers in Maine, have endorsed Hannah Pingree for Governor in the November 3rd general elections.

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Union Leaders Say Personal Monitors Could Have Prevented Woodland Pulp Tragedy

Union Leaders Say Personal Monitors Could Have Prevented Woodland Pulp Tragedy

A union leader at Woodland Pulp in Baileyville says he lobbied four different superintendents for personal monitors that could have detected the deadly hydrogen sulfide leak that killed 20-year-old intern Kasie Malcolm and 26-year-old engineer Allen Hornberger on January 27, according to

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Summer Institute Attendees Discuss Work of Stewards, Building Worker Power & Fighting Back Against Authoritarianism

Summer Institute Attendees Discuss Work of Stewards, Building Worker Power & Fighting Back Against Authoritarianism

This week, more than 140 union members from across the state attended our Labor Summer Institute at the University of Maine in Orono.

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