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“We weren’t just fighting EMMC. We were fighting every hospital in the state of Maine.” — A History of Nurse Organizing in Maine

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“We weren’t just fighting EMMC. We were fighting every hospital in the state of Maine.” — A History of Nurse Organizing in Maine

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Maine Legislature Votes on Party Lines to Pass Bill to Create Commission to Develop Solutions to Forced Overtime in Paper Industry

Maine Legislature Votes on Party Lines to Pass Bill to Create Commission to Develop Solutions to Forced Overtime in Paper Industry

The Maine House voted 82-66 and the Maine Senate voted 22-12 this week in support of a measure that would create a special commission to examine the damaging practice of mandatory overtime in paper mills and recommend solutions to limit forced overtime.

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New Book Examines History of War on Building Trades Unions & Provides Blueprint for Rebuilding Union Density in Construction

New Book Examines History of War on Building Trades Unions & Provides Blueprint for Rebuilding Union Density in Construction

In January 2020, author and organizer Mark Erlich, a retired Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, visited the site of the tragic Hard Rock Hotel collapse that left three people dead and 30 others injured near the French Quarter of New Orleans three mont

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