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The Maine AFL-CIO testified on Tuesday in support of state legislation that would help more workers participate in pre-apprenticeship programs like the Union Construction Academy of Maine.

Democrats on the Maine Legislature's Labor Committee voted on Tuesday to reject a bill that would roll back the minimum wage law that Maine voters passed at the ballot box in 2016.

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On Thursday more than 150 workers convened at the Statehouse in Augusta to talk with legislators about key worker issues as part of the Maine AFL-CIO’s annual Labor Lobby Day.

Following the Labor Lobby Day events at the State House, attendees gathered at the Maine Department of Transportation headquarters in August to protest the closure of the Jay highway camp and reassignment of union members in retaliation for speaking up about unsafe working conditions at Mai