The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passed 30 years ago and guaranteed 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year to working families.

Suzy Young, who works as Food AND Medicine’s

Union members from across the state will be marching in the

Photo: Shalom House staff with Douglas Born, President of the Southern Maine Labor Council, Mike Seavey, Maine AFL-CIO Faith and Labor Liaison, and State Rep. & Labor & Housing Committee member Charles Skold (D-Portland)

History has long been portrayed as a series of "great men" taking great action to shape the world we live in. In recent decades, however, social historians have focused more on looking at history "from the bottom up," studying the vital role that working people played in our heritage.