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Nearly 200 workers gathered at the Statehouse in Augusta on Thursday to talk with legislators about key worker issues as part of the Maine AFL-CIO’s annual Labor Lobby Day.

We are devastated to learn that longtime labor champion Sarah Watson passed away on March 20 after a brief illness. Our thoughts are with her family during this tragic time. Her devotion to improving the lives of working class people will not be forgotten and she will live on in our hearts.

Over 350 members of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 4 attended the union’s first ever body meeting in Maine in its over 125 years in existence on Wednesday at the Portland Ocean Gateway.

On Monday, Starbucks founder and interim CEO Howard Schultz stepped down for a third time.

About 60 job seekers turned out for a Clean Energy Career Fair in Portland on March 16. The event was organized by members of the Maine Frontline Climate Formation, and sponsored by the Maine Building and Construction Trades Council, the Maine Labor Climate Council, and the Maine AFL-CIO.

The Maine AFL-CIO testified last week in opposition to bills that would weaken the child labor laws and the minimum wage.