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Maine AFL-CIO President Cynthia Phinney and Maine Building and Construction Trades Council President Jason J.

LD 1969, the Maine Climate Jobs bill, applies strong labor and equity standards to most utility-scale renewable energy projects and will go into effect in January 2023

The Maine Legislature's Appropriations Committee voted on Friday to recommend funding to establish a new Labor and Community Education Center at the University of Southern Maine.

Suzy Young of Winterport was recently hired by Food AND Medicine in Brewer to be the first Peer Workforce Navigator to help Maine workers access good jobs, apprenticeship and training programs, unemployment benefits, and other supports.

Last week, 25-year old Oliver Bianchi started his first term as the new President of the Hampden Professional Firefighters (IAFF 4903). Bianchi, who grew up in Rockport, comes from a union family.

This past Monday (Tax Day), members of the Maine Service Employees Association SEIU 1989 joined workers throughout New England to demand corporations pay what they owe for public services in our communities and stop shifting tax responsibilities onto working families and retirees.