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This weekend, we are celebrating the great civil rights leader and our union brother. And we remember the lesson he always emphasized: The fight for civil rights and worker rights are intertwined. 

It’s a new year and we’re ready to support working people across the country—what about you? We’ll keep sharing ways you can protect union values. Take the pledge now that you’ll continue to take action.

We are pleased to announce that Sam Boss will be joining the Maine AFL-CIO as our new Apprenticeship, Workforce & Equity Director.

USW 900 reports that the United Steelworkers Women of Steel District 4 raised $442.00 at their bake sale booth during the Annual Pumpkin Fest in Rumford last fall.

Fifty-five years ago civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis where he was supporting striking sanitation workers. On Monday, January 16, Mainers will honor MLK’s legacy of fighting for racial and economic justice at events across the state.

IAFF members are celebrating passage of a provision in the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect fire fighters who protect our public lands and military installations. The measure was signed by President Joe Biden just before Christmas.