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PHOTO: Worker Melissa Stevens speaks at a press conference in 2016 with boxes of petitions to get a minimum wage increase on the ballot.

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Portland Transit Driver Ryan James (ATU 714) Helps Lost Boy Find His Family

PHOTO: Greater Portland Metro driver Ryan James with ATU 714 President/Business Agent Joe Thomas.

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Tell Psychiatric Hospital Management to Support Safe Staffing

PHOTO: AFSCME members call on lawmakers to improve retirement benefits for mental health workers to boost staff recruitment and retention in 2023.

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Postal Workers (APWU 458) to Rally to Improve Mail Service on Tues, Oct 1st in Lewiston

PHOTO: Postal Workers at a rally to protect mail delivery in Maine with Sen. Mike Tipping (D-Penobscot)

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Golden Signs Petition to Protect Mainers’ Social Security Benefits

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VIDEO: Farmworker & his nephew recount brutal assault by boss on Vermont farm.

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