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“We weren’t just fighting EMMC. We were fighting every hospital in the state of Maine.” — A History of Nurse Organizing in Maine

Read More > “We weren’t just fighting EMMC. We were fighting every hospital in the state of Maine.” — A History of Nurse Organizing in Maine
“We weren’t just fighting EMMC. We were fighting every hospital in the state of Maine.” — A History of Nurse Organizing in Maine

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Union Members Attend Maine AFL-CIO Legislative Conference

Union Members Attend Maine AFL-CIO Legislative Conference

About 60 union members from all over Maine attended our 2022 Legislative Conference on Wednesday where they learned about pro-labor legislation in Augusta and Washington DC, met with our elected officials and urged them to support our priority bills.

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Mills Administration Cracking Down on Wage Theft, Recovered Nearly $500,000 in Stolen Back Wages in 2021

Mills Administration Cracking Down on Wage Theft, Recovered Nearly $500,000 in Stolen Back Wages in 2021

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Firefighters Bill to Support Emergency Responders Injured in the Line of Duty

Firefighters Bill to Support Emergency Responders Injured in the Line of Duty

Bangor Firefighters (IAFF 1624), Augusta firefighters (IAFF 1650), Sanford Firefighters (IAFF 1624), and the Professional Firefighters of Maine along with Congressman Jared Golden, psychiatric professionals and NAMI Maine testified before a legislative committee on Monday in support of &nbsp

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Silbert Billouin: Maine Shipbuilder, Union Brother & Civil Rights Leader

Silbert Billouin: Maine Shipbuilder, Union Brother & Civil Rights Leader

When Silbert Billouin and his wife Enid immigrated to Canada from their native Trinidad so he could study medicine at McGill University in Montreal, he could have never dreamed that he would eventually end up in Maine working as a blue collar union welder.

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