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Celebrate Labor Day in Jay, Skowhegan, Portland & Brewer — Sept. 5th, 6th & 7th; AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to Join Brewer Labor Day Event

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Celebrate Labor Day in Jay, Skowhegan, Portland & Brewer — Sept. 5th, 6th & 7th; AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to Join Brewer Labor Day Event

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What It Means To Be an American

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material. 

“He told me that I’d get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought, ‘Hmm. Everyone should have that.’”

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On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

Anniversaries can be celebratory or somber. Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it is the kind of anniversary in which we hail the success of the act, while also acknowledging the deficiencies in our democracy that make the full act necessary.

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