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Special Edition: State Legislative Recap - Victories & Disappointments

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Maine AFL-CIO President’s Lunch: "Is Labor Law Broken?" - Legal Tools to Support Organizing and Bargaining — July 16

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Kloey Arsenault Discusses How Union Pre-Apprenticeship Prepared Her for a Career with the Ironworkers

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Health Care Workers (AFT) in Lincoln Win Wage Raises of Up to 50 Percent In New Contract

AFT Maine members at the Narraguagus Bay Healthcare Facility in Milbridge and the Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln negotiated raises in their new contracts this summer.

08, Sep, 2022

Retired Mill Worker Linda Deane Hits the Canvassing Turf

The first time retired papermaker Linda Deane went out canvassing door-to-door she went with the late Dan Lawson, a labor champion and USW political organizer

08, Sep, 2022

Former Chipotle Worker Calls for Food Service Workers' Rights

Restaurant worker and organizer Brandi McNease unleashed some fire in her Labor Day

08, Sep, 2022

Workers Launch Maine Labor Alliance to Build Worker Power & Community Solidarity

At Labor Day events this past weekend, former Augusta Chipotle worker Brandi McNease announced the launch of the

08, Sep, 2022

How National Freight Rail Workers’ Negotiations Will Impact Rail Workers in Maine

As unionized freight rail workers across the country consider a new compromise contract drawn up by an emergency mediation board appointed by President Joe Biden,

08, Sep, 2022

Portland Starbucks Workers Hold Labor Day “Sip-In”

Union members joined Portland Starbucks workers, whom recently filed to form a union, in the Old Port for a “sip-in” on Labor Day. Several attendees from the Southern Maine Labor Council Breakfast showed up to support the Portland baristas as well as Biddeford Starbucks workers on strike.

08, Sep, 2022