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PHOTO: FAM Members at Workers Revive Democracy conference last month.

This year’s Union Steward of the Year Award goes to Maine State Nurses Association member Jessie Lambert for her fearless advocacy, relentless organizing, and deep compassion toward the members she serves.

The Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association (UAW 3999) Strike Captains are this year’s winner of the Maine AFL-CIO’s President’s Award for stepping up to build their union and organize their co-workers during the BMDA strike in late March.

Former Maine AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer and IATSE 114 Business Agent Doug Born is the recipient of this year’s Maine AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Award for showing up for every union picket line and worker fight and for years of work building the labor movement.

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Last week, registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton launched a four-day strike to protest management’s refusal to address their serious concerns about emergency department (ED) staffing and its impact on patient care, announced Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses