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IBEW Locals 567 and 1253 are putting a record number of electrical apprentices to work in the field as Maine’s boom in solar power installations and construction continues. Currently, the two locals have a combined total of more than 200 apprentices working on various projects.

As long as workers have been forming unions in Maine, anti-labor politicians, judges and the business interests that support them have rigged the system against workers.

It’s a very sad fact that 

On Monday, workers at the Starbucks coffee shop on Middle Street in Portland 

The National AFL-CIO 

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which makes historic investments in renewable energy with strong labor standards that could create millions of union climate jobs, slash climate pollution and lower energy costs for working people.