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NLRB Moves to Force Starbucks to Reopen Shuttered Unionized Store in Portland

On Wednesday, December 14, the National Labor Relations Board

15, Dec, 2023

Postal Union Members Fight Consolidation of Mail Distribution in Maine

PHOTO: APWU Maine leaders Selena Garside, (Gardiner), Jen Garland, (Scarborough), Scott Adams, (Scarborough), Meghan Zabloski, (Dover Foxcroft), Beth Hutchinson, (Sedgewick), Gary Underwood, (Peaks Island), David Glover, (Waterville).

15, Dec, 2023

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 716 Return to Residential Plumbing & HVAC

As work in the paper industry in Maine has declined over the past several years and decades, so have jobs for pipefitters with the UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 716.

15, Dec, 2023

Labor Reading Group to Start Reading "Red State Revolt" — Thurs. Jan 25

The next meeting of the Labor Reading Group will be held on Zoom on Thursday, January 25 5:30-6:30.

15, Dec, 2023

Maine IBEW Member Joins House Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition in Washington D.C.

IBEW Local 567 member Kilton Webb was in Washington D.C. last week to participate in a public round table discussion with other workers on building the nation’s clean energy future.

15, Dec, 2023

Labor History: Maine Workers Mobilize for Wartime Production

In our latest segment on the role of Maine workers in the war effort during World War II, we borrow liberally from the late labor historian Charlie Scontras’ book

15, Dec, 2023