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A group of House Republicans in Congress is ready to shut down the government if their demand for a series of deep budget cuts and extremist policy changes is not met.

The University of Southern Maine's hiring for a Community Outreach Coordinator for the Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education. The position will serve as the Center’s main relationship builder with union and community members and organizations and unions throughout Maine.

Union contracts for 150,000 International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) members at the Big Three automakers expire at midnight on Thursday September 14.

A group of teachers and state employees who were dealt severe pension cuts over a decade ago will finally receive substantial increases in their monthly pension benefits thanks to the recent supplemental budget passed by the Maine Legislature and signed by Governor Janet Mills.

PHOTO:The Morgans, former Carleton Woolen mill employees, at an informational meeting on Sept 7.