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Late last month USW Local 291 financial secretary Dave Hebert joined several paper union leaders from around the country in Washington DC to lobby Congress on key legislative issues to strengthen workers’ rights and support the paper industry.

PHOTO: Lee Drouin (USW 449), Justin Shaw (USW 4-9) & Josh Bernier (USW 1247) at the State House on Thursday

Building an offshore wind industry in Maine has the potential to create thousands of good union jobs for Mainers while bringing affordable clean energy to tens of thousands across our state. Building a port is critical to launching offshore wind in Maine.

We are excited to announce the hiring of Matthew Emmick as the new director of the Charles A. Scontras Labor & Community Education Center at the University of Southern Maine. Emmick comes to the position with extensive experience organizing farmworkers, nurses and others.

RNs with MSNA visit the State House to Lobby on LD 1639.

PHOTO: ME AFL-CIO organizer Sarah Bigney McCabe with her son Sam speaks at a press conference about the challenges of finding child care.