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Below is a report from the USW Maine Labor Council:
 

PHOTO: Gravelwood Farm Grow Store employees celebrate their first union contract.

The US House voted 215-214 along party lines early Thursday morning to pass a budget reconciliation package that includes the largest cuts in history to Medicaid and to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as well as devastating cuts to retirement and health benefits for federal

Millwrights Local 1121 members Jakob Harris, Mac Blundon, and James Trotter speak out in support of clean energy tax credits

The Legislature's Health and Human Services voted unanimously to advance a comprehensive bill aimed at strengthening Maine’s child care system, supporting working families, and ensuring stability for Maine’s early childhood educators.

The Maine House and Senate have voted on party lines to defeat two bills that would repeal child labor protections.