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Maine House and Senate Rejects Union Busting "Right to Work for Less" Bill

The Maine House voted 76-64 and the Senate voted 20-12 on largely party lines to defeat another union-busting "right to work for less" bill. Senators Scott Cyrway (R-Kennebec) and Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) and Reps.

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Maine AFL-CIO-Backed Legislation Helps Maine DOL Catch Law-Breaking Employers

The Bureau of Labor Standards Wage and Hour Division has

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Labor & Workplace Health and Safety Groups Sue to Restore Programs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Unions across nursing, education, mining and manufacturing industries, along with a manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE), last week sued the Trump administration to reverse the illegal dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a component of

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