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Last week, more than 150 union members attended the Mane AFL-CIO’s Committee on Political Education (COPE) Convention in Auburn where we shared bargaining, organizing and issue updates; ratified our

Last Friday, the Maine Secretary of State announced the party nominees for Governor and the Second Congressional District after the votes were tabulated in the ranked-choice primary election.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Assistant Searsmont Fire Chief and Local S6 retiree Wayne Woodbury who died at Maine Medical Center on Sunday.

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On June 6, IAM Local S6 membership voted to pass a strike sanction vote with 99 percent voting yes. A total of 3,159 members voted with 3,111 voting YES and 33 voting NO. The measure only needed 30 percent of members to vote, but the union had a 72 percent voter turnout out of 4,404 members.

IAM Local 836 President Josh Johnson has been elected to succeed Alana Schaeffer as the new President of the Metal Trades Council, representing over 3,000 blue collar trades workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.