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Maine Department of Labor Commissioner, Laura Fortman, IBEW 1253 Apprenticeship Director, George Howe and pre-apprenticeship students from Nokomis Regional High spoke at a press conference Tuesday at IBEW 1253's Training Center in Newport to kick off National Apprenticeship Week.

For over a year, dozens of community care workers in the Maine Office of Child and Family Services within the Maine Department of Human Services have been providing 24/7 care for children in state custody without placement options.

Sappi North America announced last week that it plans to make a $418 million investment in the Somerset Mill to meet the “robust” demand in North America for packaging, specialty papers and other biomaterials. The investment will be used to convert its No.

Workers at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville are demanding that the company present a contract offer that provides high enough wage increases to keep up with the cost of living.

During this past three months, volunteers and release staff with USW, MSEA SEIU 1989, IAM, CWA, APWU, AFGE and UFCW  knocked on over 12,000 doors and made over 18,000 calls to convince other union members and the voting public to support Governor Mills and State Senators in six targeted race

This coming Tuesday, November 8th, Mainers will decide at the ballot box whether our state moves forward on policies that will meaningfully improve the lives of working class Mainers.