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Workers from coast to coast are standing together for better wages, working conditions, benefits and more. The number of people involved in major work stoppages last year increased nearly 50%. This year, we’re on track to break that record.

Today Governor Mills signed into law LD 1895, historic offshore wind jobs legislation that will jumpstart a new offshore wind energy industry in the state with strong labor, climate, and equity standards.

Last week, 65,000 members of SAG-AFTRA, the largest performer and broadcasters union in the nation, went out on strike after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — the organization that represents major studios and streamers, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversa

On Wednesday, Governor Janet Mills vetoed a measure that would have provided farmworkers with some of the rights other workers have had for over eighty years.

The News Guild of Maine (CWA 31128) — which represents nearly 200 workers at the Portland Press Herald and the Morning Sentinel in Waterville — says it is “optimistic” about the

Governor Mills' administration is stubbornly refusing to budge in negotiations with executive branch state workers with the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU 1989). According to MSEA, the administration has presented a few counter-proposals but made no substantial movement.