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Several Labor Bills in Advancing in Maine Legislature

14, Apr, 2022

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Solidarity Wins: IAM Local 447 Members at Cummins Win Respect on the Job

The following article comes courtesy of the Machinists Union:

14, Apr, 2022

Lessons from Amazon Workers Union Victory on Staten Island

Last week, Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island shocked the nation when, against all odds, they voted 2,654 to 2,131 to form a union despite the company’s multimillion dollar anti-union campaign.

08, Apr, 2022

UMaine Student Amber Shane Receives Dorsky Scholarship

University of Maine senior Amber Shane of Vinalhaven is the 2021-22 recipient of this year’s Benjamin J. Dorsky Memorial Scholarship. Amber is the daughter of Patrick Shane, who is a member of IBEW 2327 and Maine AFL-CIO’s executive board.

08, Apr, 2022

Food AND Medicine, EMLC & Unions Provide Meals to Frontline Workers

On February 18th, Jack McKay, President of the Eastern Maine Labor Council and Senator Troy Jackson, a special projects organizer for Food AND Medicine (FAM), delivered lunch to AFT Local 5093 at the Bangor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and the AFT Local 6071 at the City of Bangor Fleet Maint

08, Apr, 2022

Tell Legislators to Save Services for Pre-School Children with Disabilities

The Maine Legislature has voted to advance legislation (LR 2686) that would eliminate

08, Apr, 2022