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Maine AFL-CIO President Cynthia Phinney will be hosting a luncheon from noon to 12:50 pm on Wednesday July 17 featuring a presentation and discussion with Rose Roach, National Coordinator, Labor Campaign for Single Payer at 21 Gabriel Drive in Augusta and on Zoom.

PHOTO: Left to right - Huhtamaki workers Levi Orff, Bob Hennigan, Dan Caloumbe, Justin Eames, Gary Nelson, Roy Barnaby & Paul Clark on the Habitat for Humanity project in Waterville.

Registered nurses and technicians at Down East Community Hospital (DECH) in Machias, Maine, delivered a petition of “no confidence” in the hospital’s chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), and chief nursing officer (CNO) to the Chair of the DECH Board of Trustees on June 16

PHOTO: Pre-apprentices at the Union Construction Academy of Maine.

Below is a report from our Apprenticeship, Workforce & Equity Director Sam Boss:

Twenty-five Mainers from eight unions just finished a six-week