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States with abortion restrictions or bans have lower wages, weaker labor standards, and higher levels of incarceration, according to a

“Forty-two and a half hours straight is the longest time that I’ve plowed continuously. That was the bomb cyclone of 2017.

Members of USW and OPEIU took part in the USW's national union Building Bargaining Power workshop on Wednesday to prepare for an upcoming contract fight with the management at the Twin Rivers paper mill in Madawaska.

This past Monday, on what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King’s 94th birthday, Americans celebrated his contribution to the struggle for racial and economic equality.

Former USW Local 27 president Phil Polk has retired after 37 years working at the Woodland mill in Baileyville. His friends and colleagues remember Polk as a staunch advocate for union members who would fight to the very end for their interests.

Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today showed union membership in the United States grew by more than 273,000 in 2022, despite fierce and often illegal corporate union-busting.