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PHOTO: Union nurses protest the closure of Mount Desert Island Hospital’s (MDIH) obstetrics department in 2025.

On Monday former Senate President and Maine Gubernatorial Candidate Troy Jackson unveiled a new fair share tax plan for Maine that ensures the wealthy pay their fair share and makes key investments in child care, health care, housing and education.  
 

On April 15, Tax Day, the Mainers for Tax Fairness (MFTF) coalition raised awareness that America’s runaway wealth inequality is the predictable result of a tax system rigged to protect the ultra-wealthy while leaving working families behind.

Longtime union activist and retired Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA) member and staffer Robin Upton-Sukeforth of Litchfield is running the Maine Legislature in House District 56, which includes the towns of  Litchfield, Monmouth and Wales. Upton-Sukeforth will face incumbent Rep.

Ironworkers Local 852 members at Cives Steel in Augusta are stepping up pressure on the Georgia-based company to negotiate a fair contract that respects their hard work and dedication.

On May Day, 2026, Western Maine Labor Council will celebrate the installation of the digital replica of the Local 14 Strike Mural, which adorned the outside of the building for nearly 40 years through and following the 1987-88 International Paper Strike.