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Workers at the Vietnamese restaurant Công Tử Bột in Portland have announced they are forming a union with UNITE-HERE, making it the first unionized independent eatery in Maine in 40 years.

On Tuesday, Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Shultz testified in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. 

Last week, graduate workers with the University of Maine Graduate Workers Union-UAW announced that a majority of workers have signed cards supporting the union and that they intend to engage the administration in collective bargaining, joining other UMaine System employees and tens of thousands o

Nearly 200 workers gathered at the Statehouse in Augusta on Thursday to talk with legislators about key worker issues as part of the Maine AFL-CIO’s annual Labor Lobby Day.

We are devastated to learn that longtime labor champion Sarah Watson passed away on March 20 after a brief illness. Our thoughts are with her family during this tragic time. Her devotion to improving the lives of working class people will not be forgotten and she will live on in our hearts.