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Former Afghan Pilots, Asylum Seekers, Lewiston High School Alumni & Former Little Dog Workers Graduate Union Construction Academy in Lewiston

Former Afghan Pilots, Asylum Seekers, Lewiston High School Alumni & Former Little Dog Workers Graduate Union Construction Academy in Lewiston

The Maine AFL-CIO's Union Construction A

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AFGE
Social Security Workers (AFGE 1164) Win TA, Organize to Keep Rural Maine Offices Open

Social Security Workers (AFGE 1164) Win TA, Organize to Keep Rural Maine Offices Open

AFGE has reached an agreement with the Social Security Administration (SSA), allowing 42,000 SSA employees nationwide, including 70 employees in Maine, to enjoy new workplace rights and protections.

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Labor's Door
Labor Reading to Host Lane Windham, Author of Knocking on Labor’s Door

Labor Reading to Host Lane Windham, Author of Knocking on Labor’s Door

The Maine AFL-CIO Readers hope you’ll join us (by Zoom) on Thursday, August 24, 5:30-7 pm as they meet with Lane Windham to discuss Knocking on Labor’s Door, her book about labor organizing in the 1970s.

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MSEA
MSEA Public Employees Ratify New Contracts With Improvements to Wages & Benefits

MSEA Public Employees Ratify New Contracts With Improvements to Wages & Benefits

Members of the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU 1989) in several public sector workplaces have been negotiating pay raises and better benefits in recent contracts. Below are some of the highlights.

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Pay Watch
New Report Finds CEO Pay Remains Egregiously High as Corporations Move to Implement AI, Displace Workers

New Report Finds CEO Pay Remains Egregiously High as Corporations Move to Implement AI, Displace Workers

Worker strikes are at an all-time high. And CEOs continue to claim they can’t afford to pay workers a living wage.

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