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The Maine AFL-CIO is supporting a measure that will help more Maine veterans access the benefits they are entitled to.

Machinists Local S6 member Glenn Burroughs was reappointed for another term on the state Workers’ Compensation Board. By law, the Maine AFL-CIO submits a list of names of labor members to be considered for nomination to serve on the Labor seats on the Workers' Compensation Board.

Fourteen months ago, staff and adjunct faculty at Bates College in Lewiston cast their ballots in a union election to join the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU Local 1989).

The Paycheck Fairness Act increases penalties when employers violate equal pay provisions.

Affiliates of the Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council have been reaching out to hundreds of immigrant workers who were laid off from the Abbott Labs COVID test manufacturing facility in Westbrook last month.

Ever since 150 residential and client services workers at Portland-based Shalom House filed to form a union with MSEA SEIU 1989 last month, management has been waging an anti-union campaign against the workers.