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For over a year, dozens of community care workers in the Maine Office of Child and Family Services within the Maine Department of Human Services have been providing 24/7 care for children in state custody without placement options.

Sappi North America announced last week that it plans to make a $418 million investment in the Somerset Mill to meet the “robust” demand in North America for packaging, specialty papers and other biomaterials. The investment will be used to convert its No.

Workers at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville are demanding that the company present a contract offer that provides high enough wage increases to keep up with the cost of living.

During this past three months, volunteers and release staff with USW, MSEA SEIU 1989, IAM, CWA, APWU, AFGE and UFCW  knocked on over 12,000 doors and made over 18,000 calls to convince other union members and the voting public to support Governor Mills and State Senators in six targeted race

This coming Tuesday, November 8th, Mainers will decide at the ballot box whether our state moves forward on policies that will meaningfully improve the lives of working class Mainers.

The Maine State Housing Authority has begun the process of awarding funds for the construction of affordable housing built with union labor.