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Can You Volunteer for the 21st Annual Solidarity Harvest?

Food AND Medicine and the Eastern Maine Labor Council’s 21st Annual Solidarity Harvest is just around the corner!

19, Oct, 2023

VIDEO: When Bath Shipbuilders Launched a General Strike for the Shorter Work Day

The Maine AFL-CIO and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local S6 at Bath Iron Works

19, Oct, 2023

Postal Jobs Bootcamp Connects Workers with Union Jobs

PHOTO: Branch 92 President Mark Seitz speaks to Postal Bootcamp participants.

19, Oct, 2023

Unions Prepare to Begin Construction on Affordable Housing in Portland

Building trades unions are in the process of negotiating labor agreements on a new affordable housing project in downtown Portland. The eight-story building will include 201 affordable units at 89 Elm Street in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood. Construction is expected to begin in the spring.

19, Oct, 2023

AFL-CIO Values Statement

Today's diverse, inclusive labor movement advances the hopes and aspirations of all working people to build a stronger, more equitable America. When workers unite in a union we turn low-paying jobs into good jobs that pay family-supporting wages.

19, Oct, 2023

2023 Maine AFL-CIO President’s Award Winner Ellen Campbell (IAMAW Local S-89): 50 Years of Helping Injured Workers

PHOTO: Campbell in front of her employer's Brunswick law firm in the 1970s.

19, Oct, 2023