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Debate Schedule for Maine Senate & Congressional Races

U.S. Senate Debates Oct. 13 at 7pm - Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Troy Jackson (D) on WABI/WAGM - streaming at https://www.youtube.com/@wabi-tv5 Oct. 15 at 8pm - Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Troy Jackson (D) hosted by NEWS Center Maine, Portland Press Herald & Maine Public with live audience at Gracie
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Legislature Enacts Governor Mills' Farmworker Minimum Wage Bill

Legislature Enacts Governor Mills' Farmworker Minimum Wage Bill

The Maine House voted 77-70 and the Senate voted 23-11 this week to support a bill from Governor Janet Mills that would finally make farmworkers eligible for the state minimum wage (currently at $14.15) and grant them the right to take an action in court if their wages are stolen.

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Maine Legislature Votes on Party Lines to Pass Bill to Create Commission to Develop Solutions to Forced Overtime in Paper Industry

Maine Legislature Votes on Party Lines to Pass Bill to Create Commission to Develop Solutions to Forced Overtime in Paper Industry

The Maine House voted 82-66 and the Maine Senate voted 22-12 this week in support of a measure that would create a special commission to examine the damaging practice of mandatory overtime in paper mills and recommend solutions to limit forced overtime.

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

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

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