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Workers & Retirees Discuss Damage Paul LePage Did to Their Retirement Benefits & Steps Mills Has Taken to Repair It

In 2011, Governor Paul LePage and then-State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin concocted a scheme to cut the pensions of state workers and public school teachers to help pay for tax breaks for the wealthy.

20, Oct, 2022

Social Security Recipients to Receive Nearly 9 percent Increase

70 million Social Security recipients will be receiving an

20, Oct, 2022

New Study: Being in a Union means a $1.3 Million Increase in Lifetime Earnings

Being in a union means a $1.3 million increase in lifetime earnings on average over the course of a lifetime,

20, Oct, 2022

HIRING ANNOUNCEMENT: Maine AFL-CIO Apprenticeship, Workforce & Equity Director

The Maine AFL-CIOis seeking a dynamic

20, Oct, 2022

Portland Starbucks Workers Optimistic About Union Vote on Oct. 17

Workers at the Starbucks coffee shop on Middle Street in Portland are scheduled to have their union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday, Oct. 17.

13, Oct, 2022

Gov. Mills & Sen. Jackson Passed a Law Protecting Corrections Officers After LePage Repeatedly Blocked It

In 2012, AFSCME Council 93 member Phil Newth, a corrections officer at Maine State Prison, took to the airwaves to oppose the LePage administration’s mistreatment of public employees.

13, Oct, 2022