News

Join Us for May Day Rallies in Portland and Bangor - May 1st

27 Apr, 2026

On May 1, Workers will be holding rallies in Bangor and Portland as part of International Workers' Day, also known as May Day. May Day is a global celebration of the working class that commemorates the struggles and achievements of the labor movement. The day is a time to honor workers'

Holy Donut Workers Vote Unanimously to Unionize with Machinists

27 Apr, 2026 Read More >

News

Portland Water District Workers to Rally for Guardrails on AI to Protect Public Health and Safety

27 Apr, 2026 Read More >

Recent

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. Those inequities became painfully apparent when Ms.

06, Jul, 2020

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality.

30, Jun, 2020

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MACHINISTS LOCAL S6 STRIKE AND FIGHT FOR A FAIR CONTRACT AT BIW

WHEREAS, it has long been recognized that “Bath built is best built” and that workers at BIW are highly skilled workers; and

30, Jun, 2020

RESOLUTION TO WORK FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE MAINE LABOR MOVEMENT

RESOLUTION to Work for Racial Justice in the Maine Labor Movement

Passed by the Maine AFL-CIO COPE Convention

30, Jun, 2020

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Race-neutral policies simply will not address the depth of disadvantage faced by people this country once believed were chattel. Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism’s most devastating effects.

24, Jun, 2020

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

Thousands of working people across the country joined together on June 17 in a national day of action. We called for the Senate to pass the HEROES Act and for Congress to take actions to address structural racism. The HEROES Act is grounded in America’s Five Economic Essentials that are desperately needed to keep working people safe and financially secure. This day of action was just the beginning. Today and every day that follows, working people will mobilize like never before to make the HEROES Act the law of the land and rid our institutions of systemic racism.

22, Jun, 2020