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The Local S6 Women’s Committee worked hard throughout the month of October to collect cleaning materials to donate to New Hope Midcoast, a regional domestic violence resource center that has served the Midcoast area since 1981.

Registered apprenticeships are the gold standard of job training programs. They provide workers with life-changing skills and a pathway to good jobs that support families and lift communities. 

While there were some major labor defeats in elections at the national level, in Maine, we were fortunate in that we were able to re-elect Congressman Jared Golden, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Senator Angus King to help fight for us in Congress.

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on Tuesday's election results:

Members of the Bangor Daily News Union have ratified their first contract. After three days of voting, 89 percent of BDN Union members unanimously voted to accept the terms of their first two-year contract.

The following report comes for Machinists Local S-6.