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Union Construction Academy Welcomes New Cohort of Pre-Apprentices

Union Construction Academy Welcomes New Cohort of Pre-Apprentices

The spring session of the Union Construction Academy kicked off in Portland earlier this month. The five-week training will prepare the seventeen pre-apprentices in the program for a range of careers with Maine’s Building and Construction Trades Unions.

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Local S6
AFL-CIO, Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Cuts to Key Labor Relations Agency that Mediated During 2020 BIW Strike

AFL-CIO, Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Cuts to Key Labor Relations Agency that Mediated During 2020 BIW Strike

Local S6 on strike at Bath Iron Works in 2020.

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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Workers: More than 225 Years of Struggle for Dignity, Fair Wages & Workers’ Rights

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Workers: More than 225 Years of Struggle for Dignity, Fair Wages & Workers’ Rights

Photo: The launch of the USS Washington at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on October. 1, 1814,, with the USS Congress (1799) in attendence. Painting by John Samuel Blunt (1798-1835)

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Trump's Funding Cuts Cause Lay Offs of Librarians for Visually Impaired & Print Disabled

Trump's Funding Cuts Cause Lay Offs of Librarians for Visually Impaired & Print Disabled

On Wednesday, thirteen employees at the Maine State Library received layoff notices due to the Trump administration's cuts to library funding.

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