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Maine paper mills are increasingly forcing workers to work longer and longer and doing multiple shifts in a row to make up for a lack of staffing.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passed 30 years ago and guaranteed 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year to working families.

Photo: The Barajas family (IUEC): Pablo, Garrett, Miguel, Estevan & Juan Barajas.

When Ryan Iovino of Gray was a kid, he would often get strange looks when he said he wanted to be an elevator mechanic when he grew up.

Members of Bath Iron Works Professional Firefighters (IAFF) Local 5257 have successfully bargained with management for a new safe and modernized fire station to work out of.

Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 976 has affiliated with the Maine AFL-CIO.

We are sad to learn that retired Maine Service Employees Association member Ted Rippy passed away in December.