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The Southern Maine Labor Council will be a holding its annual Labor Day breakfast in Portland on Monday, September 4. The breakfast will once again be held at the Maine Irish Heritage Center: 34 Gray St, Portland. Doors open at 7am. The breakfast and program run from 8am to 10am.

Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would

On Wednesday morning, the Legislature's Appropriations Committee came to a bipartisan agreement on a roughly

Governor Janet Mills announced on Thursday morning that she will sign the bipartisan budget agreement that will create a new statewide paid family and medical leave program in Maine.  Under the new program workers will receive up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.

Below are some more pro-labor bills that have become law this legislative session. 

Improving Wages on State-Funded Construction Projects