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The state minimum wage will increase from $14.65 to $15.10 per hour, effective January 1, 2026. The new minimum wage calculation is based on recent data by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

PHOTO: Senator Jackson speaking at meeting of the Professional Firefighters of Maine on Tuesday.

The Professional Fire Fighters of Maine (PFFMaine) has endorsed Troy Jackson as Maine’s next Governor. 

If you're planning to head to the Common Ground Country Fair this weekend, stop by the Social Action Tent to visit the Maine AFL-CIO table. Union volunteers will be tabling, sharing information with fair goers about unions and the labor movement from Friday through Sunday at the fair.

Staff at the Sun Journal in Lewiston, the Times Record in Brunswick and weekly newspapers and newsletters throughout southern and western Maine have sent in theirs ballots to decide whether to form a union with the News Guild of Maine Local 31128 of the News Guild-Communications Workers of Americ

Labor author Eric Blanc will be giving two talks in Portland on Thursday, Sept. 25.