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Budget Committee Votes to Tax Millionaires, Improve Child Care Affordability & Retirement Security

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Governor Signs Rep. Matt Beck's Bill to Combat Wage Theft

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UPDATE: The Budget, Buy American, Federal & State Employees

The Maine Legislature is entering the home stretch with a week or so to go. Here are quick updates on a number of the bills we are working on.

12, Apr, 2024

April 26 Deadline to Register for Organizing for Power in May-June

If you are interested in taking in taking the Organizing for Power’s Core Fundamentalist, the deadline to register is April 26.

12, Apr, 2024

A New Way to File Taxes

The average taxpayer spends a whopping $200-plus a year on tax prep services. I bet we can all think of better things we could do with that money instead.

05, Apr, 2024

New Book Examines History of War on Building Trades Unions & Provides Blueprint for Rebuilding Union Density in Construction

In January 2020, author and organizer Mark Erlich, a retired Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, visited the site of the tragic Hard Rock Hotel collapse that left three people dead and 30 others injured near the French Quarter of New Orleans three mont

05, Apr, 2024

Legislative Update: State Employees, Majority Sign Up, Cannabis & More

The Maine Legislature was running on all cylinders this past week and will be fast paced for the coming two weeks as legislators work to wrap up the session. Below are updates on some of our priority labor bills that are moving through the chambers.

05, Apr, 2024

Postal Workers Circulate Petition for Better Staffing, Better Service & Better Post Offices

Maine postal workers with APWU have joined a national campaign

05, Apr, 2024