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Workers Back Bill to Lower Child Care Costs for Workers, Increase Access to Childcare and Raise Wages

Workers Back Bill to Lower Child Care Costs for Workers, Increase Access to Childcare and Raise Wages

PHOTO: ME AFL-CIO organizer Sarah Bigney McCabe with her son Sam speaks at a press conference about the challenges of finding child care.

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State Workers Testify That Low Wages Threaten Public Safety, State Parks & Child & Family Services

State Workers Testify That Low Wages Threaten Public Safety, State Parks & Child & Family Services

Last Friday, Department of Transportation workers, fish hatchery workers, education representatives, insurance analysts, planning and research associates, building custodians, foresters and other Maine Service Employees Association (SEIU 1989) members traveled to Augusta to support a bill that wo

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Committee Votes to Advance Bill to Support Mental Health Workers

Committee Votes to Advance Bill to Support Mental Health Workers

A bipartisan majority of the Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee voted 7-1 on Wednesday to recommend passage of a bill that will put mental health workers in the same special retirement plan with fighters, law enforcement and corrections officers.

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