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New AFL-CIO Report: It Would Take Five Career Lifetimes for Workers to Earn What Top CEOs Earn in One Year

New AFL-CIO Report: It Would Take Five Career Lifetimes for Workers to Earn What Top CEOs Earn in One Year

CEOs of S&P 500 companies made $17.7 million on average in 2023, more than 268 times their median worker’s income, according to a

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Maine AFL-CIO Urges Biden Administration to Make Frances Perkins Homestead a National Monument

Maine AFL-CIO Urges Biden Administration to Make Frances Perkins Homestead a National Monument

The Maine AFL-CIO joined political leaders, community groups and historians on August 15 at the

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Just Transition: Building Worker and Community Power to Tackle the Climate Crisis — Sat. Sept. 28 in Portland

Just Transition: Building Worker and Community Power to Tackle the Climate Crisis — Sat. Sept. 28 in Portland

How can we fight the climate crisis and achieve economic justice for working Mainers?

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Northern Light Women's Health Dept. Nurses at EMMC Bargain for Better Pay after Joining Nurses Union this Spring

Northern Light Women's Health Dept. Nurses at EMMC Bargain for Better Pay after Joining Nurses Union this Spring

When nine Northern Light Women’s Health nurses decided this winter that they wanted to be in the union so they could bargain to improve patient care and wages, they asked the hospital to give them voluntary union recognition. But EMMC said “no.”

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