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PHOTO: Sen. Mattie Daughtry (D-Brunswick) and Rep. Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston) speak in favor of paid family leave on March 25.

The Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee voted last week to carry over a bill (LD 1794) to limit forced overtime in the paper industry to next year’s legislative sessions to provide time for union workers and paper companies to find solutions to address this abusive practice that is

The Maine Center for Economic Policy has just announced that MECEP Policy Insights Talk will feature a conversation with Chris Smalls, the founder and president of the Amazon Labor Union, an independent, democratic, worker-led labor union at Amaz

Julie Su has made a career out of representing not only workers, but the most vulnerable workers in America. Her record speaks for itself. As a young attorney representing trafficked Thai garment workers outside of Los Angeles, she won $4 million in stolen wages.

Machinists District Lodge 4 are seeking sponsors for IAM’s Eastern Territory

Last week, the Legislature’s State and Local Committee voted to recommend passage of LD 1854, which would help improve wages for state employees.